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Gift without demand is an interesting analogy. But if you think about it, licenses like GPLv3 and AGPL do have very strong restrictions on how to use the softwa
by soumyadeb 7y ago
Gift without demand is an interesting analogy. But if you think about it, licenses like GPLv3 and AGPL do have very strong restrictions on how to use the software. Fair enough that they are not to "reward back to you" but around "how to use the gift".
SSPL is essentially GPL + a small restriction on certain usage (which practically only impacts the large cloud providers). To say, this is just "source available" is not entirely fair. This is different from Oracle saying you can see DB source to do your security scan but that's all.
But I get your overall point. Need to think more on how to position this so people don't feel "deceived" but at the same time appreciate the "free/open-ness" part of it. SSPL may not be the answer but there has to be a solution.
- leggomylibro 7y agoYes, but I also dislike copyleft for the same reasons. Personally, I draw a distinction between "open-source" software and the more restrictive and viral "Free Software" which Stallman argued for, but that's been argued ad nauseum. My opinion is obviously far to one side of this debate, but you said that you had users who didn't like your license. People who feel that open source is important might see extra restrictions as extra liabilities. Hey, did you ever hear about that time when IBM's lawyers had to ask for an exemption to a license which required that the software be "used for Good, not Evil"? :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Crockford#%22Good,_not_Evil%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Crockford#%22Good,_not...
- soumyadeb 7y agoHaha, this is funny.