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Sure, I completely agree. The thing is, anything using the so-called 'Commons Clause'[0] is no longer Open Source. Let me repeat that: if it's using the so-ca
by eadmund 8y ago
Sure, I completely agree. The thing is, anything using the so-called 'Commons Clause'[0] is no longer Open Source. Let me repeat that: if it's using the so-called 'Commons Clause,' it's neither Open Source nor Free Software.
You can't burn a village to save it; nor can you invest in open source by closing it.
Yes, the goal of figuring out how to support free software developers is a noble one, but denying users Freedom Zero[1] is hardly the correct way to go about doing so.
[0]: I write 'so-called "Commons Clause"' because it's really an anti-commons clause: by using it, the software is removed from the commons.
[1]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html
- hassy 8y agoRedis is still very much open source and free; the difference is that there will exist some amount of code under Commons Clause which will support its further development. Moreover, nobody is forcing anyone else to use any of that Commons Clause code.