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by goodmachine 912 days ago
Great post!

The FSL is interesting because it correctly assumes the existence of parasites, ie 'harmful free-riders'.

There are ofc too many projects doing what is in effect free R&D for larger entities... these free riders having zero interest in the health or longevity of open technical ecosystems, so game theory is the right lens, I think.

I'd be very interested to learn of any other proposed structures along the lines of the FSL: particularly if anyone here has opinions on/ direct experience with them!

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Earlier incarnation/s of this approach are mentioned on the FSL page.

Open Core https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-core_model BUSL https://mariadb.com/bsl11/ FSL https://fsl.software/