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While true, I think the reality is that this is still being figured out in the legal system right now. Forks of redis and hashicorp products should be completel
by andrewstuart2 2y ago
While true, I think the reality is that this is still being figured out in the legal system right now. Forks of redis and hashicorp products should be completely fine theoretically, but there's a lot of legal chaos right now with the owners of the BSL versions trying to figure out if/how to prosecute the open versions for adding similar features to the "source available" versions. I've heard contributors to the forks on popular podcasts having to say "I'm not sure I can comment on this right now" due to ongoing battles and legal advice.
I'd love it to be cut and dry fork-wise but there are parties with vested financial interests trying to keep the OSS forks frozen in time. If anything, "source available" is almost weaponized because if you've looked at the available source, it's tenuous. And if two implementations of the same feature look similar (as they will) it might not be as easy to convince a jury that it's not a copying of copyrighted now-unlicensed code.