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0 pointscvwright1y ago0 comments

BSL code automatically converts to open source at a specified date. So probably several releases since then are now as open source as anything else in the world. And if not, then they will be soon - BSL allows a maximum 5 year delay.

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kragen1y ago

that may be (i haven't read the license) but i'm not persuaded it's relevant

if nobody forked it five years ago, they probably aren't going to fork it now

if somebody did fork it five years ago, they probably aren't going to try to merge in new source code drops as they convert to open source

cvwrightOP1y ago

Then why do you care? If nobody is going to fork it anyway, what’s the benefit of being open source from the beginning?

kragen1y ago

i don't care that much because i don't use it, and evidently not much of anybody else does either, or there would have been a popular fork. i'm just saying that this is probably not a good time to expect one to pop up

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kragen1y ago

that may be (i haven't read the license) but i'm not persuaded it's relevant

if nobody forked it five years ago, they probably aren't going to fork it now

if somebody did fork it five years ago, they probably aren't going to try to merge in new source code drops as they convert to open source

cvwrightOP1y ago

Then why do you care? If nobody is going to fork it anyway, what’s the benefit of being open source from the beginning?

kragen1y ago

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