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Atlassian software is Open Source but not Free Software. You can download it, inspect it, and run it... but you need a paid license to keep it running. The same
by vacri 10y ago
Atlassian software is Open Source but not Free Software. You can download it, inspect it, and run it... but you need a paid license to keep it running. The same is true of RHEL, because CentOS is effectively "RHEL without a paid license".
- bonzini 10y agoBoth Atlassian's "open core" and RHEL are free software. The difference is that Atlassian sells plenty of proprietary software and add ons too, while the only proprietary software that Red Hat sells comes from recent acquisitions (e.g., Ansible Tower), and it is all in the process of becoming open source. Red Hat has a great track record for open sourcing software from companies that they acquired.
- milesrout 10y ago>You can download it, inspect it, and run it... but you need a paid license to keep it running. Then it is not open source. Open source has a strict definition, from the OSI.
- Godel_unicode 10y agoWhy are they the arbiter of what is and isn't open source? That kind of gatekeeping seems contrary to their entire purpose.
- dredmorbius 10y agoBecause that is literally the single and only reason for their existence: to define and protect the Open Source Definition. (I'm not sure if it's still a Service Mark or not, though it was at one time.)
- schoen 10y agoAs I recall, the USPTO declined to grant the registration for the service mark, which was kind of sad for OSI, but they kept going anyway, encouraging people to refer to OSI-certified open source.
- dec0dedab0de 10y agothe term Free software has nothing to do with Money. "Free speech, not Free Beer"