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> I think there's a real grievance to be had by projects that were formerly open source, solicited contributions from non-paid volunteers, and then change licen

> I think there's a real grievance to be had by projects that were formerly open source, solicited contributions from non-paid volunteers, and then change licensing models. I think that's the crux of the frustration and fair. But at the same time, the previous version before the license change can still be forked/the contributions are intact so is there a tangible loss or just an emotional one?

gmueckl 3y ago
This can be a very real loss. Third party contributions are driven by specific needs. When the license changes too much, those third parties can either pay for a fork (with money/time investment) and improve their own modifications or get the enhancements in the upstream product without any improvements of their own. There is a middle ground with paid source code access, but I don't see a lot of commercial offerings do that.