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Is zerotier FLOSS? I have been looking for something to fulfill this need, but especially after the Solarwinds hack, I am unwilling to run a closed-source agent
by aftbit 6y ago
Is zerotier FLOSS? I have been looking for something to fulfill this need, but especially after the Solarwinds hack, I am unwilling to run a closed-source agent on any of my hosts.
- evil-olive 6y agoLooks like the Business Source License [0]. Which does not qualify under the Open Source Definition [1], but they claim it meets "most" of the OSI criteria. 0: https://github.com/zerotier/ZeroTierOne/blob/master/LICENSE.txt https://github.com/zerotier/ZeroTierOne/blob/master/LICENSE.... 1: https://mariadb.com/bsl-faq-adopting/#osl https://mariadb.com/bsl-faq-adopting/#osl
- jlgaddis 6y ago> ... but they claim it meets "most" of the OSI criteria. As Frank Robinson [0] once said: > "[...] Close only counts in horseshoes [1] and hand grenades." -- [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Robinson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Robinson [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoes (for the uninitiated)
- ncmncm 6y agoThen again, "Good enough is good enough" http://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2019/8/13/how-to-explain-why-star-trek-is-much-better-than-star-wars?rq=%22good%20enough%22 http://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2019/8/1...
- _hyn3 6y agohttps://github.com/zerotier/ZeroTierOne https://github.com/zerotier/ZeroTierOne