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Re:HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License by jamestanderson on Thursday August 10, 2023 @05:08PM (#37081825)
> companies like Amazon abuse FOSS licenses to stand up their own hosted versions of open source projects

This is not an abuse of FOSS licenses. If developers have a problem with this, there are open source licenses that would make this use case less attractive for Amazon, like the AGPL.

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Re:HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License by madeofpalk on Thursday August 10, 2023 @06:28PM (#37082548)
Or, like HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License
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Re:HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License by FridgeSeal on Thursday August 10, 2023 @06:48PM (#37082696)
That licence tends to have the dual effect of dissuading otherwise valid users from using it, because a lot of devs and corps see “something something GPL” and just shut down.
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Re:HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License by fmajid on Thursday August 10, 2023 @07:11PM (#37082920)
That's where dual-licensing comes in like Artifex' AGPL + commercial licensing. But yes, most large Tech companies have a blanket ban on AGPL.
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Re:HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License by justinjlynn on Thursday August 10, 2023 @11:52PM (#37084918)
> most large Tech companies have a blanket ban on AGPL

sounds like it's doing its intended job well then?

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Re:HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License by fmajid on Saturday August 12, 2023 @07:54PM (#37105266)
Exactly, which is why all these companies that claim they can't survive without their shiny new I-can't-believe-it's-not-open-source licenses deserve all the scorn they get. I've flipped the bozo switch on Hashicorp.
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