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Why would this matter if you're just using the database?
by anonymousDan 9mo ago
Why would this matter if you're just using the database?
- Eikon 9mo agoIt doesn’t, you are free to use ZeroFS for commercial and closed source products.
- wgjordan 9mo agoThis clarification is helpful, thanks! The README currently implies a slightly different take, perhaps it could be made more clear that it's suitable for use unmodified in closed source products: > The AGPL license is suitable for open source projects, while commercial licenses are available for organizations requiring different terms. I was a bit unclear on where the AGPL's network-interaction clause draws its boundaries- so the commercial license would only be needed for closed-source modifications/forks, or if statically linking ZeroFS crate into a larger proprietary Rust program, is that roughly it?
- Eikon 9mo ago> so the commercial license would only be needed for closed-source modifications/forks Indeed.
- andydang 9mo ago[dead]
- wgjordan 9mo agoAlso worth noting (as a sibling comment pointed out) that despite these assurances the untested legal risks of AGPL-licensed code may still cause difficulties for larger, risk-averse companies. Google notably has a blanket policy [1] banning all AGPL code entirely as "the risks outweigh the benefits", so large organizations are probably another area where the commercial license comes into play. [1] https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/using/agpl-policy https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/using/agpl...