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by bgwhn 1884 days ago
What's more concerning IMO is that despite the fact that I can't find a CLA, their pricing page claims that if you buy their support contract that they'll give you the software under a "Commercial" license: https://min.io/pricing
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They might just have figured that none of the people with standing is actually going to sue them.

A license is only as strong as the likelihood and severity of consequences.

They have venture investors. YOLOing IP law like that is not going to pass any sort of due diligence.
Imagine if the only APGL enforcement action on this was by contributors against MinIO. Not exactly the intended outcome of this re-licensing...