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The Business Source License is not an open source license. Open source does mean "free to use without encumbrance" - see points 5 and 6 of the Open Source Defin
by promano 2y ago
The Business Source License is not an open source license. Open source does mean "free to use without encumbrance" - see points 5 and 6 of the Open Source Definition at https://opensource.org/osd https://opensource.org/osd
- odo1242 2y agoYea - software released under the BSL is “source available”, not open source.
- otterley 2y agoApproximately zero people who make real business decisions care what the OSI considers a "real open-source license" to be. They care what the text of the license says. Also, many licenses, such as the GPL (one of the very first "open source" licenses), have certain encumbrances; you cannot redistribute GPL-licensed software without either including its source code or making it readily available.