What HashiCorp’s License Change Means for Spacelift Customers

Re:What HashiCorp’s License Change Means for Spacelift Custo... by redeeman on Friday August 11, 2023 @11:05AM (#37089526)

because people prefer not to pay back, GPL and AGPL has a cost that many consider to be limiting their ability to earn money based on it, so it gets hate.

its really quite simple, you're no worse off than if there were no GPL/AGPL to begin with, so just dont use it if you dont agree.

I personally am very concerned with the newer trends of going away from GPL, I think its gonna turn out bad for everyone

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Re:What HashiCorp’s License Change Means for Spacelift Custo... by chii on Friday August 11, 2023 @11:27AM (#37089788)

Stallman's foresight has been eerily accurate - look at what google's web environment integrity proposal to say the least.

It's time the OSS community stop making free software with a loose license such that control and ownership is taken from them, and for profit to be made without any give backs.

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Re:What HashiCorp’s License Change Means for Spacelift Custo... by sneak on Friday August 11, 2023 @01:35PM (#37091436)

You don't need to "pay back" for a gift.

The problem is entitlement and thinking that anyone owes you anything after you have given software away to the world. It's no longer yours, there is no "back".

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Re:What HashiCorp’s License Change Means for Spacelift Custo... by redeeman on Friday August 11, 2023 @03:59PM (#37093264)

but its not a gift when its GPL, its distribution under certain terms, and to complain someone chooses GPL rather than BSD is not legit

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