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Re: Terraform-AWS-modules/Terraform-AWS-eks transitions to non-free license

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edited: I see the addition now.

How is adding "Additional terms of use" not a license change? That's not just a "statement of support".

IANAL, but afaik, copyright licenses can only ever affect (re)distribution - not use.

Re: Terraform-AWS-modules/Terraform-AWS-eks transitions to non-free license

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is adding "Additional terms of use" not a license change? That's not just a "statement of support".

IANAL, but afaik, copyright licenses can only ever affect (re)distribution - not use.

That makes zero sense. Of course licenses regulate use. Apache2 license text literally starts with "TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION"

Re: Terraform-AWS-modules/Terraform-AWS-eks transitions to non-free license

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is adding "Additional terms of use" not a license change? That's not just a "statement of support".

IANAL, but afaik, copyright licenses can only ever affect (re)distribution - not use.

Which means this repo has an EULA which I'm sure is going to trigger all sorts of compliance alerts at larger companies once they learn of it.

Re: Terraform-AWS-modules/Terraform-AWS-eks transitions to non-free license

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As much as I hate what Russia is doing, I’d hate even more for software to come under political purviews.

If an author of a library chooses to apply political condition(however justified they may be), then the software is simply not free by definition.

I’m neither Russian nor Ukrainian. I cannot turn a blind eye simply because it doesn’t apply to me. What if another library that I use apply a license that says “those that look like this cannot use my software from now on”?

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