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IMO we need new terms for that kind of stuff. New licenses such as SSPL, BSL FSL are becoming more and more popular, and for very good reason (the conditions today are vastly different than they were 20 years ago when there was no AWS to resell your FOSS to the whole world). They are not "open source" because of the restrictions, but the next closest term that can be applied to them is "source available" which means something different - source code is technically there, eventually, and is not reflective of the reality of those relicensed projects. ElasticSearch, Sentry, etc. are still developed in the open, random people not affiliated with the project can still submit PRs, and anyone not trying to compete publicly with the company behind the project can still do whatever they want.
parent sofixa 2 years ago

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