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HN submission title says "no longer shipping open source, stable releases", but it seems the source is still all available under Apache-2.0, including the stabl

HN submission title says "no longer shipping open source, stable releases", but it seems the source is still all available under Apache-2.0, including the stable release branches. They're just not shipping a stable release binary separately, only as part of their container image and under a different license. Users would still be able to compile it themselves without any loss of functionality. Seems acceptable to me? Edit: For people speculating they will not publish stable release branches or git tags either, TFA does say: >And to be clear, Linkerd continues to be, and always will be, open source. This change is about the release artifacts, not about code, governance, community, or anything else. ... and all their mentions of "stable releases" can be charitably read to only apply to the binaries provided by them, not the source. But I suppose we'll find out for sure in 90 days. Edit 2: crb's link is more definitive that the source code will also not be published.

pikdum 3y ago
They're still shipping stable releases, but now under a restrictive license so they cannot be redistributed. You can compile the current unstable development branch, but they'll be keeping the stable release branches secret.
ryanisnan 3y ago
The thing that's frustrating for me, particularly, isn't having to build/package these container images, it's knowing which versions of the software are considered "good to run in production". I take the announcement today to mean, every edge release might fuck your shit up in ways that are unpredictable. The canonical authority (linkerd maintainers) are now gating that information behind a paywall.
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- margalabargala 3y ago
  The stable version is not paywalled for individuals, nor for businesses with fewer than 50 employees. So the only groups that need to worry about your concern are larger companies that rely on Linkerd for stability. This seems like a reasonable group to attempt to target for revenue.
rtzo 3y ago
> we will no longer be producing open source stable releases That's a quote from their blog post. They don't mention stable release branches anywhere. It's safe to assume (I'd love to be wrong) that what's stable and what isn't is behind the paywall, otherwise this change makes no sense, as compiling the project on your own is not hard.
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crb 3y ago
https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366570820/Linkerd-service-mesh-production-users-will-soon-have-to-pay https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366570820... "[The] additional work done by Buoyant developers to backport minimal changes so that they're compatible with existing versions of Linkerd and to fix bugs, with reliability guarantees, to create stable releases will only be available behind a paywall, Morgan said."

pikdum 3y ago

They're still shipping stable releases, but now under a restrictive license so they cannot be redistributed. You can compile the current unstable development branch, but they'll be keeping the stable release branches secret.

ryanisnan 3y ago

The thing that's frustrating for me, particularly, isn't having to build/package these container images, it's knowing which versions of the software are considered "good to run in production". I take the announcement today to mean, every edge release might fuck your shit up in ways that are unpredictable. The canonical authority (linkerd maintainers) are now gating that information behind a paywall.

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margalabargala 3y ago
The stable version is not paywalled for individuals, nor for businesses with fewer than 50 employees. So the only groups that need to worry about your concern are larger companies that rely on Linkerd for stability. This seems like a reasonable group to attempt to target for revenue.

rtzo 3y ago

> we will no longer be producing open source stable releases That's a quote from their blog post. They don't mention stable release branches anywhere. It's safe to assume (I'd love to be wrong) that what's stable and what isn't is behind the paywall, otherwise this change makes no sense, as compiling the project on your own is not hard.

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crb 3y ago

https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366570820/Linkerd-service-mesh-production-users-will-soon-have-to-pay https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366570820... "[The] additional work done by Buoyant developers to backport minimal changes so that they're compatible with existing versions of Linkerd and to fix bugs, with reliability guarantees, to create stable releases will only be available behind a paywall, Morgan said."