diff --git a/notes.md b/notes.md index 8711e4bf362b10b2bf0fd55867f7f49b383f1e9c..e9bc2ab95e8aceaf165ba5f819f4323584f82930 100644 --- a/notes.md +++ b/notes.md @@ -7,58 +7,20 @@ Markdown) if you want. Note that some of these examples are still just pointers that will need followup. -* The license now named the "Bootstrap Open Source License" (BOSL) was - formerly known as the "Transitive Grace Period Public Licence" - (TGPPL). +* Stuff about TGGPL: The 2020 blog post [Introducing BOSL, a radically new type of open-source license](https://electriccoin.co/blog/introducing-tgppl-a-radically-new-type-of-open-source-license/) - discusses the license and gives some examples of its use. + discusses BOSL license and gives some examples of its use. An earlier (2010) writeup about TGPPL from Ted T'so is [The Transitive Grace Period Public Licence: good ideas come around…](https://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2010/01/20/the-transitive-grace-period-public-licence-good-ideas-come-around/). - [Tahoe-LAFS](https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs) seems to have - a somewhat complicated (though still open source) licensing - situation, but it appears to be also published under the TGPPL? - - And Zooko might be using BOSL or TGPPL for other things as well. (See also https://github.com/zooko/tgppl -- note that Richard Fontana is in the commit history there.) -* Aladdin Ghostscript - -* Akka (BUSL) [license FAQ](https://www.lightbend.com/akka/license-faq) - - They moved to BSL last year; after 3 years, code switches from BSL - to Apache 2.0. From [their blog - post](https://www.lightbend.com/blog/why-we-are-changing-the-license-for-akka): - - > ... - > The new license for Akka is the Business Source License (BSL) - > v1.1, with an additional usage grant to cover some open source - > usage of Akka, such as part of the Play Framework. The BSL was - > created by David Axmark and Michael Widenius and has been - > adopted by MariaDB, Cockroach Labs, Sentry, Materialized, and - > others. - > - > The BSL is a “Source Available†license that freely allows using - > the code for development and other non-production work such as - > testing. Production use of the software requires a commercial - > license from Lightbend. The commercial license will be available - > at no charge for early-stage companies (less than US $25 million - > in annual revenue). By enabling early-stage companies to use - > Akka in production for free, we hope to continue to foster the - > innovation synonymous with the startup adoption of Akka. - > - > After 3 years, the BSL license indefinitely reverts to an Apache - > 2.0 license. A [detailed FAQ](http://lightbend.com/akka/license-faq) is available to answer many of the - > questions that you will have about the license change. You can - > see our version of the BSL [here](https://lightbend.com/akka/license). - > ... - * [Atom (text editor)](https://atom-editor.cc/blog/2014/05/06/atom-is-now-open-source/) (suggested by @Zaeraxa in reply to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37745772) @@ -69,8 +31,6 @@ need followup. Probably not DOSP: simultaneous dual license. -* CockroachDB (BUSL) [licensing FAQs](https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/licensing-faqs) - * FreeBSD netgraph Have not found any reference to licensing so far. @@ -103,32 +63,9 @@ need followup. their way of operating probably warrants mention in the Appendix, as people interested in DOSP would also want to know about this. -* Hashicorp and BUSL - - https://www.hashicorp.com/license-faq#Why-is-HashiCorp-making-this-change - - https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/hashicorp-adopts-business-source-license - -* MariaDB - - Always GPL. People may be thinking of the company's development of BUSL - which was applied to other software (MaxScale). - -* _MindLogger_ from Child Mind Institute - - uses its self-rolled _"Delayed Open Source Attribution License"_ - - [license file on GH](https://github.com/ChildMindInstitute/mindlogger-applet-builder/blob/master/LICENSE.md) - - YES: Delayed open source (noncommercial uses only) with a three-year delay. - * MkDocs -* North Road (geospatial software company) [projects](https://north-road.com/#) - - @jjgreen followed up in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37745772 - to say: "North Road's SLYR (ESRI to QGIS Compatibility Suite) does - that (and rather good code it is too). https://north-road.com/slyr/ . - I see North Road is actually on your list, but eventual openness not - obvious. I think that's clear for SLYR at least." - - ---> Follows bounty method with scheduled six-month delay. + I haven't found any delayed licensing information. * Onivim 2 (was this unplanned?) [issue](https://github.com/onivim/oni2/issues/3771) see also https://v2.onivim.io/early-access-portal and @@ -150,27 +87,26 @@ need followup. * OPSI ["co-funding"](https://www.opsi.org/de/dokumentation/opsi-lizenz-und-copyright) (see also [this forum link](https://forum.opsi.org/viewtopic.php?t=1193)) + They have clearly used a form of delayed open source release in the past in + connection with a bounty-like co-funding mechanism, which is still alluded + to on the company's web site. However, it's not clear that this model is + actively used anymore for the majority of development (if at all), as most + of the code appears to be under an open core model with a subscription model + for proprietary extensions. + * [OTRS](https://www.znuny.org/en/blog/why) (open source -> delayed -> proprietary), but one person said that the announced delayed open release never actually happened. * Pixelfed ["will be open sourced when we reach v1"](https://pixelfed.org/mobile-apps) -* [PKMN Classic Framework](https://github.com/mm201/pkmn-classic-framework) - (a reverse-engineered third-party Pokémon game server?) has a conditional - relicensing if the developer's official server instance goes offline in - the future - * Qt (officially delayed releases in the past from Trolltech?) * "searchcode" server under an "eventually open license" according to the post [GPL Time-bomb an interesting approach to #FOSS licensing](https://boyter.org/2016/08/gpl-time-bomb-interesting-approach-foss-licensing/) by Ben Boyter. -* [Sentry](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry/blob/master/LICENSE) - (Business Source License (BUSL)); Codecov (also from Sentry) is also BUSL. - - See https://blog.sentry.io/lets-talk-about-open-source/. + https://searchcodeserver.com/knowledge-base/eventually-open.html * [Zed](https://zed.dev/blog/open-sourcing-zed-on-zed)