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by cogburnd02 1611 days ago
Oh Holy God, not another one!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License_proliferation

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I shared this one since it was actually drafted by a lawyer, and they explain the various parts of the license and the though-process behind it which I found interesting.
to be clear, this isn't "yet another open source license"

I'm pretty sure this doesn't qualify as an "open source" license. This is a commercial license that allows free usage for certain people / companies.

Exactly.

In the early aughts, Microsoft used to call this concept “shared source” – not open source.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_Source_Initiative

Even more reason to not use it for anything.