Re:GitButler is now Fair Source
by ensignavenger on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @06:43PM
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"accordance with these Terms and Conditions" implies that the above limitations still apply, does it not?
Re:GitButler is now Fair Source
by ensignavenger on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @07:01PM
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Hmm, though thinking more about it, as long as the licensee is the company using the software, rather than the company providing the professional services to the company using the software, then that might be allowed.
Does that interpretation sound like the intent?
Re:GitButler is now Fair Source
by the_mitsuhiko on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @07:11PM
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The licensee is the company using Sentry.
There are companies whose business model is to offer professional services around the software they produce. In this case, this clause means that they can't use that license to prevent such competition.
Re:GitButler is now Fair Source
by the_mitsuhiko on Friday August 09, 2024 @12:51PM
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Which is why I expect multiple fair source licenses to appear. There is already the FCL too.
We even specifically call out that case in the license as a permitted purpose:
> Permitted Purposes specifically include using the Software: [...] in connection with professional services that you provide to a licensee using the Software in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
And yes, Fair Source has limitations over Open Source and by design. We figured the best way to balance this out is to transition it into a full and unquestionable Open Source via a springing license.