| > If I build a train, put it into service, and say to the passengers “this has 99.9% of the required parts from the design”, would you ride on that train? Well if the missing piece is a cup holder on the train, yes absolutely! It would absolutely be as good as the binary "contains a cup holder" train design. So the point stands. For almost everyone, these almost open source licenses are good enough for their usecase and the limitations apply to almost noone. And you have chosen a wonderful example that exactly proves my point. In your example, the incorrect people are claiming that "99.9%" of a train is dangerous to ride in, while ignoring the fact that the missing .1% is the cup holders. > You can imagine a big legacy bank Fortunately, most people aren't running a big legacy bank. So the point stands, once again. > It’s a giant barrier to their adoption Only if you are at a big legacy bank, in your example, or similar. If you aren't in that very small percentage of the market, you are fine. |