Re:Akaunting is free, open-source online accounting software...
by sofixa on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @09:32AM
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> I was not familiar with the BSL license.
> It's interesting that it will "automatically" switch to GPLv3 in 4 years (as specified in the license).
> Would be nice if more closed source software were released with such a license.
And it would be nice if there was a better term than "source available" to describe licenses such as BSL and SSPL, and ideally to differentiate usage grants. GitHub project under BSL with the above very constraining usage grant vs GitLab project BSL with "do whatever you want just don't host to sell to others" vs code with no license thrown on a .zip on an FTP are all "source available".
> It's interesting that it will "automatically" switch to GPLv3 in 4 years (as specified in the license).
> Would be nice if more closed source software were released with such a license.
And it would be nice if there was a better term than "source available" to describe licenses such as BSL and SSPL, and ideally to differentiate usage grants. GitHub project under BSL with the above very constraining usage grant vs GitLab project BSL with "do whatever you want just don't host to sell to others" vs code with no license thrown on a .zip on an FTP are all "source available".