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If there's a lesson to be learned from this drama, it's that changing a software license from a liberal open-source one to a anti-competitive one (even if the s

If there's a lesson to be learned from this drama, it's that changing a software license from a liberal open-source one to a anti-competitive one (even if the source is still available and open to contribution) is a one-way door and loses trust. Once done, even if you recognize your error and revert the license, you're not getting that trust back.

freeAgent 2y ago
The announcement just happened. I don’t know that we know the results yet.
- lolinder 2y ago
  Elastic announced they were switching back a few months ago, we should be able to measure the results by now.
jonny_eh 2y ago
> you're not getting that trust back It's not black and white. They'll get some trust back at least.
- otterley 2y ago
  Anyone capable of pulling a rug once is capable of doing it twice.
  - jonny_eh 2y ago
    You can't win all the trust back at once, it's a process.