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The problem with this is that you don't know what the licensing will be when/if they open source it. So you could start using it now and they might change their
by minhazm 3y ago
The problem with this is that you don't know what the licensing will be when/if they open source it. So you could start using it now and they might change their mind and choose not to open source it or it might be a restrictive license.
- neilv 3y agoAlso, even if fully open source, have to also look at governance. (A canonical project can be steered in a way that makes it impractical for you, and forking is often also impractical.) For now, I'd treat it as closed source, which is a non-starter for investing in, when I can accomplish the same in open source ways. And there's no sense in giving away the open source uptake benefits to a company when the software isn't open source.
- skybrian 3y agoThat's true, but the whole language is unstable, so you shouldn't use it for anything big anyway.