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Re:Datomic Is Now Free by kevincox on Thursday April 27, 2023 @10:34AM (#35728759)
I felt the exact same thing. I was pretty sure the answer was "No" but they were too chicken to write it.

Were they hoping that people wouldn't notice?

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Re:Datomic Is Now Free by a2800276 on Thursday April 27, 2023 @11:10AM (#35729322)
You'd think they could have just left that question out of their FAQ and licensed it with a "free-as-in-beer" click-through license.
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Re:Datomic Is Now Free by nerdponx on Thursday April 27, 2023 @11:10AM (#35729324)
Probably. They were hoping that the less-informed (like me) would see "The Datomic binaries are being released under the Apache 2.0 license" and think "Datomic is relicensed under Apache 2.0".
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Re:Datomic Is Now Free by sneak on Thursday April 27, 2023 @12:04PM (#35730155)
It worked for Docker Desktop and BSC.

The products even have github repos! There's just no source in them.

It's open source cosplay.

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Re:Datomic Is Now Free by unionpivo on Thursday April 27, 2023 @12:16PM (#35730347)
> It's open source cosplay.

I am stilling that phrase. It's perfect.

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