Re:HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License
by aragilar on Friday August 11, 2023 @09:45AM
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No, Open Source has always required that usage be unrestricted (Either Freedom 0 or OSD/DFSG points 5 and 6). Allowing any restrictions on usage tends to get political, as people use the license to push their specific issue, making it much harder to share and use code without issues.
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It's a freedom that does not affect 99% of users.
It does affect the the richest, most abusive corporations though.
Re:HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License
by aragilar on Saturday August 12, 2023 @02:20AM
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So requiring that anyone that runs your code and tries to publish a paper can only do with your approval (which is a real license that exist) is fine also? Saying "anyone can use this however they want" is much easier to check for that coming up with rules (and licenses) that allow for the BSL but not for the above academic licenses.