I certainly don't begrudge CRL making the decision that they have. It is their code, they are free to license it however they want to. I love that they have alr

I certainly don't begrudge CRL making the decision that they have. It is their code, they are free to license it however they want to. I love that they have already contributed open source software, and that they have committed to continuing to contribute CRDB after three years! I probably won't be using the BSL licensed version anytime soon, just like I avoid using the "enterprise" licensed versions of open core products. But every person/business has to decide what their business model is going to be. I don't think they should be stating that their license decision (versus the open source license they used before) doesn't have any impact on most users, because I don't believe that is a truthful statement. It has pros and cons, like the the various open source licenses themselves have. I don't think it is fair to wave away the countless examples of profitable open source companies. Sure CRL and CRDB are unique. I hope CRL is successful! Perhaps one day they will figure out how to make their CRDB open source from day one again. Perhaps one day I will be able to run a large, successful venture using open source software (and supporting it!). No doubt business and software development are both challenging, regardless of what license or business strategy you choose! I think that is part of what makes them fun!