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I have not read the opinion you refer to, but Elastic themselves admit "it is not an OSI approved license and is not considered open source".[0] > but it's a b
by lewiscollard 6y ago
I have not read the opinion you refer to, but Elastic themselves admit "it is not an OSI approved license and is not considered open source".[0]
> but it's a bad license because it's too vague
That has historically[1] been a reason for the free & open source communities to reject licenses; nobody wants cavernous uncertainties about what you can and cannot do under a license's terms.
[0] https://www.elastic.co/blog/license-change-clarification https://www.elastic.co/blog/license-change-clarification
[1] See, e.g., why the FSF rejected the original Artistic License. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#ArtisticLicense https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#ArtisticLi...