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AWS benefits heavily from a rich foss ecosystem, but foss systems also makes it easier for users to migrate to similar platforms. If they were to disrupt the fo
by gentleman11 5y ago
AWS benefits heavily from a rich foss ecosystem, but foss systems also makes it easier for users to migrate to similar platforms. If they were to disrupt the foss ecosystem enough, do we enter a world of heavy reliance on proprietary cloud-based systems?
If you were intending to create a profitable business, and really wanted your product to be foss, and Amazon might just fork your project, honestly, what are your options? I'm honestly curious, it seems like such a difficult situation
- aks_tldr 5y agoFoss have many licenses, you can choose strict ones.
- gentleman11 5y agoWhich in specific would help here? From a 4 freedoms point of view, where anybody can use or modify the software for any purpose, it seems tricky.
- tpxl 5y agoGNU AGPLv3 Wiki quote: > GNU Affero General Public License is a modified version of the ordinary GNU GPL version 3. It has one added requirement: if you run a modified program on a server and let other users communicate with it there, your server must also allow them to download the source code corresponding to the modified version running there. >The purpose of the GNU Affero GPL is to prevent a problem that affects developers of free programs that are often used on servers.
- hocuspocus 5y agoThe AGPL guarantees the four freedoms and specifically prevents (cloud) companies from running a proprietary fork.