alt Hacker NewsI can’t tell if you are trolling or just oblivious.
Open search wasn’t precisely born out of the kindness of their heart and their defence of FOSS values… it’s more like a predatory practice to capture market.
I can’t tell if you are trolling or just oblivious.
Open search wasn’t precisely born out of the kindness of their heart and their defence of FOSS values… it’s more like a predatory practice to capture market.
I would agree that they very much had business decisions around the fork - but calling them malicious is bizarre.
They used the software in a way that complied with the license. When the license changed to no longer suit them for future releases, they forked from the original license.
Remove the names here, and in context, every single person familiar with open source projects and licensing would think this is a nonissue. They used the software as the license was intended, and exercised the rights given to them by that license. That freedom to fork if they don't like where the project is going, or things change and the project is no longer viable for them with the new license, is one of the key freedoms enshrined in the whole FOSS movement.