Meteor is now MIT licensed

#1

Post by nim » Sat, Apr 21, 2012, 2:49 AM UTC

Meteor is now MIT licensed
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Re: Meteor is now MIT licensed

#2

Post by blhack » Sat, Apr 21, 2012, 3:01 AM UTC

I think we all sortof knew this was what it was going to be.

Re: Meteor is now MIT licensed

#3

Post by chrisrogers » Sat, Apr 21, 2012, 3:08 AM UTC

This is great to hear. This issue was one of my great qualms with the platform, and the biggest argument for creating a copycat platform. Now to address the auth/permissions!

Re: Meteor is now MIT licensed

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Post by architgupta » Sat, Apr 21, 2012, 3:09 AM UTC

I think this is a great move. Longer term it'll be better for Meteor, the team and the community.

Ruby on Rails would be fine as an analogy here. The monetization model might be different from directly licensing and selling the framework, but these guys are smart, they'll figure it out.

I am quite impressed by this. The team listened to the feedback from the community. They weren't obligated to do so :-)

Re: Meteor is now MIT licensed

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Post by debergalis » Sat, Apr 21, 2012, 3:11 AM UTC

chrisrogers wrote: post #3

This is great to hear. This issue was one of my great qualms with the platform, and the biggest argument for creating a copycat platform. Now to address the auth/permissions!

Thanks! auth is next. But check out the madewith.meteor.com source for a good example of how you can lock down an app today.

Re: Meteor is now MIT licensed

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Post by Lazare » Sat, Apr 21, 2012, 3:14 AM UTC

When Meteor first launched, I was one of the very very many people who said that Meteor looked amazing, but was afraid that their license would hamper adoption.

With the change in license, I think the only major hurdle has been removed. The fundamental idea is good, their current execution is extremely slick, and their immediate plans[1] look achievable. I have very high hopes for the project.

If you haven't checked out Meteor yet, at least watch the screencast: http://meteor.com/screencast

[1]: I originally said roadmap; as mcrider rightly points out Meteor does not have one. There is some info floating around about current development goals (notably related to adding authentication), which is what I was thinking of.

Re: Meteor is now MIT licensed

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Post by debergalis » Sat, Apr 21, 2012, 3:17 AM UTC

architgupta wrote: post #4

I think this is a great move. Longer term it'll be better for Meteor, the team and the community. Ruby on Rails would be fine as an analogy here. The monetization model might be different from directly licensing and selling the framework, but these guys are smart, they'll figure it out. I am quite impressed by this. The team listened to the feedback from the community. They weren't obligated to do so :-)

We got some amazingly specific and valuable feedback -- check some of the Meteor HN threads. MIT is going to be a big part of making Meteor available everywhere.

Re: Meteor is now MIT licensed

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Post by bmelton » Sat, Apr 21, 2012, 3:19 AM UTC

blhack wrote: post #2

I think we all sortof knew this was what it was going to be.

Honestly, I'm surprised.

You've got a team of cracker jack developers who introduce a product that, frankly, isn't ready for prime time by any sane person's definition with the goal of targeting the majority of developers (e.g., not the most experienced, and not the ones operating at the top end of scale), with no real mention of license?

I expected it to be a commercially licensed language, and honestly, was perfectly happy with that. This is of course better, but leaves me wondering just a little more what the business model is. Not that it's going to stop me toying with it -- I think Meteor is the best JS framework I've seen for ease of use.

Re: Meteor is now MIT licensed

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Post by mwill » Sat, Apr 21, 2012, 3:20 AM UTC

Maybe I'm just not the audience for Meteor, because while it looks like a great project but as a nodejs guy, the fact that it hides itself away from the platform and turned away from the fantastic npm makes me sort of weary about it as a whole.

But I imagine people coming from rails or whatever don't find this a problem at all.

Re: Meteor is now MIT licensed

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Post by zobzu » Sat, Apr 21, 2012, 3:21 AM UTC

Cool I can now use this in my closed source project without ever giving any change back! Hate this GPL that requires you to give back anything if you let others get your product.