joschi

I'm surprised that there wasn't more noise around the license change of #Liquibase from Apache License 2.0 to Functional Source License (FSL) in Liquibase 5.0.0.
https://github.com/liquibase/liquibase/releases/tag/v5.0.0

Is just nobody using it anymore? 😅

#Java #OSS #licensing

Release Liquibase v5.0.0 · liquibase/liquibase

Liquibase Community 5.0 is a major release See the Liquibase Community 5.0 Release Notes for the complete set of release information. ⚠️ MAJOR CHANGES IN COMMUNITY AND COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTIONS Liqu...

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Show threadTim Zöller2d ago

@joschi „FSL provides everything a developer needs to use and learn from your software without harmful free-riding“

oh ffs.

Show threadMichael Simons2d ago
@javahippie @joschi plus the CLA, waving ur rights goodbye.
Show threadTruls2d ago
@joschi I have read the linked page several times, but I still don't get it. What is meant with "undermine its producer"?
Show threadMathis2d ago
@truls46 @joschi I'm also unsure, but my guess would be that nobody is allowed to use Liquibase to create something like Liquibase. But who would ever do that? 🤔
Show threadjoschi2d ago
@mathismatiker @truls46 IANAL, but it also means that you cannot implement competing functionality to anything in the commercial Liquibase distribution, for example to support additional databases which aren't supported in the community version of Liquibase.
Show threadPetar Petrov1d ago
@joschi I wonder how long before Flyway do this as well.