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by 0x69420 886 days ago
heads up: it's under one of those BSL-esque weirdo licenses [1] parameterised on seats and, get this, a seat is defined as a single CPU core (if you are not an individual). so don't get any ideas about running it on more than 5 mac studios if you're a university that wants to run CI for some open-source project along with those mirrors.

[1]: https://fair.io/?a

2 comments

> What counts as “using” Fair Source licensed software with respect to the Use Limitation (e.g., 25-user limit)?

> The license doesn’t define “use” exactly because the way people deploy software changes all the time. Instead, it relies on a common-sense definition. For example, executing the software, modifying the code, or accessing a running copy of the software constitutes “use.”

Appealing to common sense for a critical definition in a binding license agreement? What could go wrong!

I don't know what the intended audience is. But for managing many instances among a few mac studios, it's much better to invest an afternoon to get the right qemu command and just use that, instead of all these fancy UIs.