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> Does this mean that CockroachDB is no longer open source? > CockroachDB will remain source available under a new license. While the new license is a propriet

> Does this mean that CockroachDB is no longer open source? > CockroachDB will remain source available under a new license. While the new license is a proprietary enterprise license, the source code will still be available for viewing and contributions. The word you're looking for is "yes".

JonChesterfield 2y ago
I'm just so shocked that VC is following the open source for a while then fuck you business playbook. If only there was prior art to warn people that this was a risk, like all the other VC backed software projects.
ezekg 2y ago
I said it somewhere else, but this FAQ is likely because most people think "source available on GitHub" = "open source", so they're just answering the low-hanging-fruit even if the question is technically incorrect. Not everybody is aware of the differences between "on GitHub" vs OSS, the OSI, the FSF, etc.
drdaeman 2y ago
Coming next decade: companies marketing their product as "open source" because they have an empty GitHub repo for issues.
- yencabulator 2y ago
  Or a repository with some source code under a free license, and then some .so and executables in a subdirectory. I'm looking at you Sciter.
croes 2y ago
It's always obvious when they need multiple sentences to answer a simple yes or no question.
lolinder 2y ago
It was already not open source, hence the weasel language. "It will remain source available" is the second-most straightforward way to say "it already wasn't, but it's awkward to admit that given that we allowed you to misunderstand the license for five years". Discussion from five years ago: Relicensing CockroachDB June 4, 2019 (487 points, 282 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20097077 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20097077 The blog post is a 404, here's the archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20190604173131/https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/oss-relicensing-cockroachdb/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190604173131/https://www.cockr...

JonChesterfield 2y ago

I'm just so shocked that VC is following the open source for a while then fuck you business playbook. If only there was prior art to warn people that this was a risk, like all the other VC backed software projects.

ezekg 2y ago

I said it somewhere else, but this FAQ is likely because most people think "source available on GitHub" = "open source", so they're just answering the low-hanging-fruit even if the question is technically incorrect. Not everybody is aware of the differences between "on GitHub" vs OSS, the OSI, the FSF, etc.

drdaeman 2y ago

Coming next decade: companies marketing their product as "open source" because they have an empty GitHub repo for issues.

yencabulator 2y ago
Or a repository with some source code under a free license, and then some .so and executables in a subdirectory. I'm looking at you Sciter.

croes 2y ago

It's always obvious when they need multiple sentences to answer a simple yes or no question.

lolinder 2y ago

It was already not open source, hence the weasel language. "It will remain source available" is the second-most straightforward way to say "it already wasn't, but it's awkward to admit that given that we allowed you to misunderstand the license for five years". Discussion from five years ago: Relicensing CockroachDB June 4, 2019 (487 points, 282 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20097077 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20097077 The blog post is a 404, here's the archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20190604173131/https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/oss-relicensing-cockroachdb/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190604173131/https://www.cockr...