Open Source, SaaS and Monetization

Post by matchy » Sat, Jan 11, 2020, 3:45 PM UTC

anderspitman wrote: post #69

danShumway wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A better way of stating that would be, "we're Source Available with permissive licenses." Aesprite handles this particularly well; it's very up-front with what its license allows. I don't inherently have a problem with people saying, "we're almost X, but not quite." However, I disagree that licenses like SSPL are "almost" Open Source, and I disagree that paid hosting is a particularly minor restriction. To again quot…

> I disagree that licenses like SSPL are "almost" Open Source Again, my definition of "almost" is what 99.9% of developers are actually likely to use it for. Most aren't interested in starting a competitor. > Blocking companies from offering paid hosting has implications, not just on an ideological level but also on a purely practical level. Part of the reason I trust technologies like Matrix or Postgresql is because…