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> What they are doing is a required step to pull the same stunt as terraform. Except that Terraform never had a strict open source license like the AGPL, they
by xinayder 3y ago
> What they are doing is a required step to pull the same stunt as terraform.
Except that Terraform never had a strict open source license like the AGPL, they had MPL which doesn't require you to distribute your changes with the same license as the project.
I don't see this as hostile and I believe it's more targeted towards Beeper (created by the Mautrix bridge devs), who maintain a closed fork of Synapse and will eventually sell their services for other users. This way makes sure that the Beeper devs either contribute back to their upstream projects, or pay a fee to not have to contribute back.
- Arathorn 3y agofwiw, it’s not targeted at Beeper, who support Matrix via the Foundation, and who I believe are happy to publish their synapse changes under the AGPL. It’s targeting companies and governments with many billions of dollars at their disposal who commercialise Matrix without contributing anything back at all.