What is the definition of "mostly open source"?
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Replying to @wycats
I made up the term. The idea is that non-commercial users get a BSD 2-clause license but commercial users pay small fee for a license.
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A CLI tool automates figuring out how much to pay / who to pay it to / produces a signed file as proof (in case of dispute later).
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There is no DRM, nothing onerous. Clear prices/terms for commercial users. You can also grant free BSD-2 use to collaborators/friends easily
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Replying to @feross
I have no objection to this license existing, but: 1. Don't call it OSS. 2. I won't use it for my work. 3. I won't depend on it in my work.
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L0-NC isn't OSD-conformant, isn't OSI-approved, and never will be. L0 is very clear on that point. At the same time, rare is the dev who's heard of OSD. That's not what "open source" means to most today.
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Replying to @kemitchell @feross
L0 isn't close to what many people think open source is. Call it "source available" if you need a description.
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I agree with your tweet. But I don't think copyleft software, or even permissive-licensed software with attribution conditions, is close to what many ill-informed people think "open source" means, either.
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Replying to @kemitchell @feross
I don't think copyleft is functional OSS. I wrote this years ago on the topic of copyleft (it's applicable):https://www.google.com/amp/yehudakatz.com/2010/01/05/the-maximal-usage-doctrine-for-open-source/amp/ …
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Interesting piece. If I have one criticism, it boils down to the fact that the words "money", "support", "sustain", "job", "hire", and "pay" don't appear anywhere in it. They're not variables in any of the equations in the system you're solving.
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Yeah. I wrote it 5+ years ago. I could extend roughly the same argument to incorporate sustainability rather easily.
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If you can, please do, and ping me!
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