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Can there be a license - Permissive Open source for the rest of the world except the cloud providers? Or some kind of anti-monopolistic rule to protect open-sou
by soumyadeb 6y ago
Can there be a license - Permissive Open source for the rest of the world except the cloud providers? Or some kind of anti-monopolistic rule to protect open-source?
The cloud providers taking over open-source projects, launching their own forks (with restrictive licenses) etc isn't great for the open-source ecosystem. If you take away the incentives for the developers (respect, fame, etc) to write open-source software, then isn't it kind of doomed in the long run?
- offtop5 6y agoWhat about the new Amazon Intern who finds an awesome open source project. She now gets fired because open source means open only for some. The main value add is AWS is hosting it. Amazon isn't being an angel, they could of easily given the author a solid 20k donation as a thank you. Apart of releasing MIT or Apache licensed code is knowing someone else might take it and make millions. If you want to restrict your software usage you can use GPL.
- soumyadeb 6y agoI hear you but GPL makes it hard for everyone else (most companies have policies against GPL). We run an open-source project and it's AGPL licensed for the exact same reason. But lot of orgs have blanket ban on AGPL. Maybe there is a way to define "bad" practices in OS outside of license. Similar to how monopolistic practices are banned in business because they are unhealthy for the broader ecosystem. Just asking
- offtop5 6y agoOhh I get your point. What I'm saying is if your not ok with the biggest company on Earth using your code you need to release it GPL. Dual licencing is also a strategy, GPL is free and commercial usage can be $5,000 a year or whatever.