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This analogy falls flat because it makes it sound like the community is locked out of the improvements they made to your space. But there's no scarcity here: on
by lolinder 3y ago
This analogy falls flat because it makes it sound like the community is locked out of the improvements they made to your space. But there's no scarcity here: once HashiCorp locked the doors all of the improvements that the community made were still there, and the community could and did organize a new space for continued improvements.
- growse 3y agoIt’s not perfect, I agree, because code is trivially copied (unlike material things). But like I said, this is not about the code. The wider point about subverting expectations still stands. Yes, we re-organised into tofu/valkey/whatever but that’s come at a _cost_. It’s perfectly reasonable to say that this is open source working properly, the license lets them do this etc. I think it’s also perfectly reasonable to feel a little bit embittered towards a copyright owner pulling the shutters up and forcing everyone to move.