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by ahachete
1234 days ago
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> Elastic license doesn't impose restrictions. It does. It explicitly forbids usage. FOSS doesn't impose any restrictions on usage. Fundamentally different things. I encourage you to review the four freedoms of Free Software [1] and see how AGPLv3 provide them all while Elastic License does not. [1] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html |
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It does impose restrictions on distribution (which is one kind of usage) which was my point.
I'm fully aware of the four freedoms, I'm fully aware that elastic is not compliant. I'm fully aware that elastic is not open source by OSD, nor Free as per FSF. I was just stating that both impose restrictions, they are just of a different kind. I'm not advocating for elastic (i do not like non-free licenses), please do not misunderstand.
>> Elastic license doesn't impose restrictions. > It does. It explicitly forbids usage.
Please read that statement in its context. I was just doing the same thing you did. Swapping restrictions for guarantees. There is no such thing as a guarantee without restring something.