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Oh Holy God, not another one! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License_proliferation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License_proliferation
by cogburnd02 5y ago
Oh Holy God, not another one!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License_proliferation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License_proliferation
- masukomi 5y agoto be clear, this isn't "yet another open source license" I'm pretty sure this doesn't qualify as an "open source" license. This is a commercial license that allows free usage for certain people / companies.
- cpach 5y agoExactly. In the early aughts, Microsoft used to call this concept “shared source” – not open source. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_Source_Initiative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_Source_Initiative
- cogburnd02 5y agoEven more reason to not use it for anything.
- HexDecOctBin 5y agoI shared this one since it was actually drafted by a lawyer, and they explain the various parts of the license and the though-process behind it which I found interesting.