[js4ever]

MinIO is a fantastic tech and they seemed to be really patient to resolve this issue (waiting 3 years before doing actions). I'll continue to use them and recommend them everywhere I work. They really deserve respect... And to be paid for their hard work.

[throwauua]

I'd like to hear Nutanix side of this story before sliding with one party. Awaiting for blog post from them :P

Until then here is my spicy story: - In 2019: Minio Sales contacted Nutanix (like this user mentioned https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32152645) hoping for a nice big cheque.

- 2019-2021: Nutanix cites Apache-2 license and refused to pay.

- 2021: Minio changed its license to AGPL (probably few others like Nutanix)

- 2021: Nutanix knows this and refuses to use AGPL version with their product.

- 2022: Discussion went on for another year and nothing came out from Nutanix.

- Now: Minio decided to publicly shame the company.

[flatsix]

I worked on Objects at Nutanix for the last ~12 months. Nutanix had originally used the API server in MinIO to translate between the S3 REST API and internal RPCs. MinIO's claim on this blog post that "Nutanix Objects is built around MinIO object storage" is a gross exaggeration.

By the time I joined in June 2021, MinIO was deprecated and we were using an in-house S3 REST API server. I am skeptical that any of the APGL code was distributed because we just weren't using it around the time that MinIO changed from Apache to AGPL.

[throwoutway]

Do you work for Nutanix? Why the brand new account for this? And then referencing another throwaway user that says they work there

[variant]

MinIO is leveraging their switch to the AGPL license as a vehicle to extract immense seven figure plus licensing agreements from "big" companies who relied on non-AGPL versions of the code in the past.

I don't know if that makes MinIO bad, better or good but it's all about money.