Comment Comment by brlewis Reading any software and taking inspiration from it is risky, because software patents inhibit the Progress of Science and useful Arts.Here's cockroachdb's version of the BSL:https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/blob/master/license...You may be right that this doesn't allow modification. I hope sentry words their Additional License Grant better.> Consider yourself happy Torvalds didn't think this way. Or Guido.Yes I'm generally happy when I get new stuff for free, but I don't expect that to always happen. parent brlewis 7 years ago
Here's cockroachdb's version of the BSL:
https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/blob/master/license...
You may be right that this doesn't allow modification. I hope sentry words their Additional License Grant better.
> Consider yourself happy Torvalds didn't think this way. Or Guido.
Yes I'm generally happy when I get new stuff for free, but I don't expect that to always happen.