In order to "cleanly" fork a #FairSource codebase, one would want to at all times have a license lifetime that extends as far as the deferred open-source release. This way one would be able to just keep things running as is.
But the bumpy part are bug fixes and security fixes. Since I would still have a license, I can deploy all fixes. But they will come mixed with new features, to which my license will expire, creating a time gap until these features will also become open source.
I have just come across #FairSource https://fair.io/
It seems like it could have the potential to be a better compromise than #OpenCore when it comes to monetization of #OpenSource through a single vendor development model.
The single vendor retains the ability to generate income not only from support but also from licensing fees.
Customers get the source code, can tinker with it and deploy it how they want. But most importantly they can fork.
Le « fair source » comme « alternative pour éviter les pièges de l'open source » 🤦♂️
Il n’y a pas de « pièges » avec l’open source.
Par contre de la presse « spécialisée » qui est à côté du sujet, oui.
Par contre des entreprises faisant de l’open source washing et n’assumant pas leur retournement de veste pour préserver leurs intérêts mercantiles après s’être servi de l’open source comme d’un cheval de Troie, oui.
Des clowns et des vautours.
@dvalin99 attenzione, non è #OpenSource bensì #FairSource, licenza che apprezzo moltissimo ma nella quale molti vedono importanti limiti e problemi:
Very interesting talk by @adamhjk about the distinctions between:
* #FreeSoftware
* #OpenSource
* #FairSource
It also heavily underlines the difference between the *software license* and the *distribution license*, something I think a lot of software developers are entirely oblivious to!
If you are one of them and you're wondering why on earth you should care... let's just say the talk explains why it can be measured in the ... billions.
Opinionated and worthwhile!
You owe it to yourself to watch this killer talk from @adamhjk about free software, open source, fair source, and business.
"You sell that shit for money!" 🤣
That’s not what #opensource has meant for the past quarter century though, so while the OSI’s “OSAID” opinion piece is absolute nonsense, so is trying to change the meaning of the term to incorporate your own political views as to what fairness means. Use another brand like #fairsource for that.
Some #startups are going ‘#fairsource’ to avoid the pitfalls of #opensource #licensing
The fair source concept is designed to help #companies align themselves with the “open” software development sphere, without encroaching into existing licensing landscapes, be that open source, open core, or source-available, and while avoiding any negative associations that exist with “proprietary.”
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/22/some-startups-are-going-fair-source-to-avoid-the-pitfalls-of-open-source-licensing/
So all the plus of OpenSource without giving back... #capitalism at its best
On 20 years doing business in #OpenSource, and regarding #FairCode and #FairSource, @ldubost writes
Why open source is essential: Addressing the limits of Fair Code and Fair Source models
https://xwiki.com/en/Blog/xwiki-versus-fair-code-and-fair-source/
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