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> Rights still disallowed under Timescale License [...] > No right to distribute modified Source > No right to distribute modified Binaries, unless as part o
by mixedCase 6y ago
> Rights still disallowed under Timescale License
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> No right to distribute modified Source
> No right to distribute modified Binaries, unless as part of a Value Added Product
Yeah given these restrictions the license doesn't even come close to the spirit of Open Source and it's laughable that they suggest otherwise.
Of course, they're well within their rights to do this and I wish them the best of luck doing business with people who are willing to entertain the use of a proprietary database (a term I wish they would embrace for the sake of honesty), but personally I could never use or recommend TimescaleDB in good conscience.
- marcinzm 6y agoYeah, this is basically closed source software with source code available for viewing. Just because Microsoft allows the windows source code to be viewed by some institutions doesn't make windows open source. There's room for debate on open source vs. not open source thing but I don't see how this falls into the gray area. When you're not allowing forking and distributing modifications then I feel it falls squarely into not open source.