[benatkin]

When things get relicensed, the companies give their reasons for doing what they're doing, and often come in HN to make their case. FAQs are added, and people are reminded that they can still view the source and use the software for free, provided they aren't a direct competitor to their cloud offering. Despite all that, the communities doesn't celebrate when it happens. This post tries to put it in different terms, but I think we already understand it. Yes, they're "exploring a search space", but that doesn't make it a pleasant experience to have the structure of the projects people depend on and contribute to turned upside down.