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Re:Just use Postgres by RicoElectrico on Saturday August 17, 2024 @06:56AM (#41273487)
Exactly, SSPL is such a trojan horse, and God knows how they will change the license in the future
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Re:Just use Postgres by cqqxo4zV46cp on Saturday August 17, 2024 @08:07AM (#41273900)
That’s not remotely the point.
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Re:Just use Postgres by m11a on Saturday August 17, 2024 @12:53PM (#41275859)
Maybe it's just me, but I think it's purely rational?

A lot of these OSS projects provided a commercial offering in the form of SaaS. Yet AWS/GCP/Azure can just take the OSS project, not contribute anything, and reap all the profit.

AFAICS, these licenses are only intended to defend against the cloud providers, not against companies just using the product commercially and internally.

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Re:Just use Postgres by JetSpiegel on Saturday August 31, 2024 @05:36AM (#41407606)
Amazon, Google, and Microsoft can do anything, snuffing out some mid company is the least of their crimes.

> not contribute anything, and reap all the profit

Yeah, it's called capitalism. What's their stance on Lina Khan breaking up the monopolies? Have they written letters criticising Reid Hoffman for pressuring Kamala?

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