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> IIRC GitLab is "open core" which just means it's not fully open source Gitlab CE is fully open source. Gitlab EE is proprietary. The same company produces bo
by icebraining 7y ago
> IIRC GitLab is "open core" which just means it's not fully open source
Gitlab CE is fully open source. Gitlab EE is proprietary. The same company produces both, but you can decide to use only the former, and remain fully in control.
This is certainly not the vision of the future that supporters of a fully-FOSS world like me wish to see, but seems strictly better than most proprietary companies, which still use FOSS code/libraries while contributing little or nothing.
- OJFord 7y agoGitLab & its CEO call it 'open core': https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17225725 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17225725 https://about.gitlab.com/2016/07/20/gitlab-is-open-core-github-is-closed-source/ https://about.gitlab.com/2016/07/20/gitlab-is-open-core-gith... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12128546 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12128546 https://about.gitlab.com/2016/07/14/building-an-open-source-company-interview-with-gitlabs-ceo/ https://about.gitlab.com/2016/07/14/building-an-open-source-...
- icebraining 7y agoI'm not denying that - what I described is what 'open core' means. From your link: "We ship GitLab CE which is open source and GitLab EE that is closed source." Exactly what I wrote!
- OJFord 7y agoI wasn't disagreeing with you, just explaining (though it seems you knew) why the other commenter recalled the phrase in relation to GitLab.