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using "free and open" is going to evoke the idea of FOSS. so you either: 1. did that intentionally, intending to trick people into thinking UbiCloud is FOSS 2
by 38 3y ago
using "free and open" is going to evoke the idea of FOSS. so you either:
1. did that intentionally, intending to trick people into thinking UbiCloud is FOSS
2. did it unintentionally, somehow missing the obvious connection that people are going to make
either way, its a bad look. this is a solved problem, you can use the correct term for the situation:
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-available_software https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-available_software
- zxwrt 3y agoAgree. Using "free and open" is still rather deceptive.
- veave 3y agoIt doesn't even need to evoke the idea of FOSS. Software that includes licence management with keys and such should not be called "free and open"
- furkansahin 3y agoelastic, who is the creator of the licence in the first place, refers to it as Free and Open. https://www.elastic.co/pricing/faq/licensing# https://www.elastic.co/pricing/faq/licensing#