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Re:Elastic and Amazon reach agreement on trademark infringem... by totony on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @05:46PM (#30366889)
Nor should it, that's what OSS is about. Why should they not do what they want with your software? As long as it stays open it's OSS
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Re:Elastic and Amazon reach agreement on trademark infringem... by skrtskrt on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @05:52PM (#30366962)
Ok, but I am asking is there any solution?

Is there a way to get the benefits of OSS AND for the creators to get more then zero dollars when someone makes a shitload of money off of just putting their software on an enterprise cloud?

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Re:Elastic and Amazon reach agreement on trademark infringem... by growse on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @05:54PM (#30366988)
> Ok, but I am asking is there any solution?

> Is there a way to get the benefits of OSS AND for the creators to get more then zero dollars when someone makes a shitload of money off of just putting their software on an enterprise cloud?

You're basically asking if something can be simultaneously open and not open.

The benefits come precisely because someone can come along and create a successful business using your software without owing you anything. That is the reason for the benefits.

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Re:Elastic and Amazon reach agreement on trademark infringem... by totony on Thursday February 17, 2022 @10:00AM (#30373736)
Licensing software accomplishes that, but you lose the freedoms OSS provides.

You also have to take into account that companies use OSS to gain adoption and pull off once they're established. This is why GPL and AGPL are essential. It ensure everyone has to contribute back.

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