How is the FSL any different than tiered, expiring copyright terms? This is a step backwards for libre software. It's like a mix between copyright and patent, i

How is the FSL any different than tiered, expiring copyright terms? This is a step backwards for libre software. It's like a mix between copyright and patent, in the sense that the monopoly (patent) expires after a given point, but you're still bound by license terms that are less permissive than they should be to be libre software. For the record I don't care what qualifies as open source, as that is a commercialized term and thus will lean toward permissive or permissive + trademark stuff like the MPL and Apache licenses. It seems the best way to build libre software, from my perspective, is through the AGPL. Compliance is as easy as providing a link to the repository of code you use to provide the service. If a license like FSL catches on, what stops modified licenses from cropping up with extended expiry terms? Before you know it, a SaaS suddenly needs 5, no... 10 years before it becomes profitable! Because we should care about profit in a bazaar or a community... As well-meaning as these efforts are to help developers find more sustainable means of developing, I don't think this is going to help. Security patches in the community-friendly code will be 2 years behind, guaranteed. People who can't pay for the latest version will have to use an old version which might be broken. We need to come to terms with the idea that capitalism and volunteering can't easily coexist. The incentives and goals of business are opposite that of libre software development. Libre software seeks to enable everyone regardless of their assets. By all means, solicit ways to incentivize your work in libre software. Relicense if you must, but I will steer clear of this license like the plague. It is not compatible with software freedom until its expiry date occurs, and even then it's questionable and hard to trust. I care about software freedom but ultimately decided that I wasn't going to spend my time on something where other people participating couldn't respect me, or acknowledge and appreciate my contributions. I've been on both sides of that relationship and I know how it should be done, but few ever reciprocated when I tried to be cordial.