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The FSL, like the BuSL that Hashicorp Terraform is now under, is a proprietary software license. "Partially" makes sense for something where some component or
by pxc 1y ago
The FSL, like the BuSL that Hashicorp Terraform is now under, is a proprietary software license.
"Partially" makes sense for something where some component or subproject is released under a proprietary license and other components or subprojects are released under a free software license.
Software that will eventually be open-source isn't yet open-source. A once-F/OSS codebase that was closed and removed from GitHub two years ago also has all commits that are 2+ years old open-source, but that that doesn't make such a codebase open-source, either.
- the_mitsuhiko 1y agoI don’t agree with this assessment though. By that logic if I just happen to release everything I do with a two year delay it’s open source by the logic of this website but it would have the same effect.
- rpdillon 1y agoYou don't have to agree, but it doesn't have the same effect. The reality is the company is releasing software to customers that have no way of using the source code to that software under an open source license. You can claim this is somehow open source because they will eventually be able to use the source code under an open source license, but that doesn't make the software open source today, any more than you can lock someone in jail and claim they're actually free because they'll get out in two years.