The open source world has recently seen a few high-profile projects with unusual terms.
,” and some pundits argue that the question of whether something is open source “doesn’t really matter.” We’d argue that’s untrue: These projects certainly feel it’s important that the average developer views them as open source. Their halfway licenses capitalize on the goodwill that open source software has.
Linux is distributed under the GNU Public License with a syscall exception. IBM must provide source code changes when requested by customers who receive Red Hat binaries. However, IBM is under no obligation to continue a relationship with you after the terms of your current contract expire. The implication: You can ask for source code changes once, but if you do, you might never see another Red Hat release. Strictly speaking, this conforms to an open source license.
. The upshot of this change is that you can’t use HashiCorp products to create software that provides “a competitive offering to HashiCorp.” If you build software using HashiCorp’s products under the BSL, you can’t provide the software or hosted services that use it to third parties. You must buy a commercial license the moment you’re competing – or stop using the source code altogether if HashiCorp refuses to sell you a commercial license.
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