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It probably feels like bait and switch for the folks that created or used lots of open source in the time period where there was less opportunity/temptation to
by tyingq 2y ago
It probably feels like bait and switch for the folks that created or used lots of open source in the time period where there was less opportunity/temptation to move the license from GPL/BSD/MIT to something proprietary. In our minds, we attached some altruistic intent to those licenses. Things have changed now, of course.
- lolinder 2y agoWhy do the actions of HashiCorp and company have any bearing whatsoever on your decision to release and use unrelated open source software?
- tyingq 2y agoI'm not trying to rationalize my emotional reactions and say they make logical sense. Just explaining why they are there. But, if there was a long time period where almost no open source software went commercial...you would be conditioned to not worry about the risk of depending on it. Then when things change, you feel differently. I don't know why that's controversial.