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A proprietary wrapper around a few k8s objects? Where's the big win? It's not clear what problem Acorn is solving.

• heywoodlh 4y ago
  > A proprietary wrapper Forgive me if this is obvious, but isn't Acorn open source[1]? How is it proprietary? [1] https://github.com/acorn-io/acorn https://github.com/acorn-io/acorn
  • derefr 4y ago
    They were probably reaching for the opposite of “is defined by a standard with an open-membership standards body”, found that there isn’t really a word for that, and so used the next-closest thing in concept-space. (Though also, they’re technically correct — “proprietary” just means “controlled by one party.” Open-source things can still be proprietary: namely, if you’re free to fork, but the original upstream can only be merged to by employees of a corporation. I believe e.g. most of Apple’s “open source” is proprietary in this sense.)
    • heywoodlh 4y ago
      > Though also, they’re technically correct — “proprietary” just means “controlled by one party.” Open-source things can still be proprietary Awesome, thanks for this explanation -- this is why I asked. I had always equated proprietary to closed source. Good to have my definition expanded. Thank you!