> They don’t make the FOSS worse. They make a new thing. The original is still available. But the new thing is not, and unwitting end users using the new thing

> They don’t make the FOSS worse. They make a new thing. The original is still available. But the new thing is not, and unwitting end users using the new thing probably are never told about the open alternative. > And if it was SAMS it wouldn’t save it from this fate as it would never be used enough to get to this point. If SAMS were as accepted as FOSS, I think SAMS would be used enough to get to that point. > But I argue that this isn’t abuse at all as the license is used as designed. It’s not a bug, it’s a feature. I'm not arguing for abolishing FOSS. Projects that want this can still use FOSS as it is. I'm arguing for SAMS to be accepted as a valid alternative. Based on the comments on this page, it is not as accepted.