@axwax @grahamdunning @disquiet
Are they using a change from GPLv2 to GPLv3 as a way to lure all committers on to signing a CLA which will *also* allow them to dual-license with a closed license?
Surely, they can't be _that_ evil...
@kfogel is also researching #ClosedForkWarning
Specifically the "delayed open source publication" #DOSP movement which is also a fake #OpenSource fork.
I'm tagging all new about projects that became closed with the tag #ClosedForkWarning
Lightbend changed the license on all Akka modules from Apache 2.0 to the BSL v1.1 (Business Source License) starting with Akka v2.7.
#ClosedForkWarning #ClosedSource #akka #programmingLanguage #OpenSource(not)
https://spdx.org/licenses/BUSL-1.1.html
https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/08/open_source_biz_sick_of/
Looking for more (recent or not) examples of #OpenSource projects that have been closed and forked into a closed or non OSI-approved licenses.
Looking for more (recent or not) examples of #OpenSource projects that have been closed and forked into a closed or non OSI-approved licenses.