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Some of these "open source" options are not really open source. - Outline uses the Business Source License 1.1, which eventually becomes open source (Apache 2)
by skyfaller 5y ago
Some of these "open source" options are not really open source.
- Outline uses the Business Source License 1.1, which eventually becomes open source (Apache 2) four years after each release. https://github.com/outline/outline/blob/main/LICENSE https://github.com/outline/outline/blob/main/LICENSE
- Invoice Ninja uses Elastic License 2.0 (ELv2), which allows you to host it for yourself, but not for other people. https://github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja/blob/master/LICENSE https://github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja/blob/master/LIC...
Source code available is not the same thing as open source.
- xtracto 5y agoRight, they should also note the "freemium" ones like Odoo, which has a botchered "Open Source" version vs the Enterprise version.
- curtis3389 5y agoI'm actually not sure if the 2 cases you cited actually violate the OSI's Open Source Definition: https://opensource.org/docs/osd https://opensource.org/docs/osd Anyone care to clarify? I know that open source != free software, and you can read about that on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source#Open_source_as_a_term https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source#Open_source_as_a_t...
- yellowapple 5y agoIIRC the OSI has outright stated that the Elastic License ain't open source. Not sure about that first one, though.
- janober 5y agoAlso https://n8n.io https://n8n.io is not OSI approved open-source, it is rather https://faircode.io https://faircode.io licensed instead. Disclaimer: I am the founder