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by ndr 638 days ago
I love Clojure and would love to use Datomic. The fact that it is not open source pushes me away. The risk of being locked in is far too great for anything serious. There's no Valkey move if someone captures Datomic.
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Absolutely true!

"No Valkey move", I like it! That should be come it's own meme!

Being free but not open source makes no sense at all. It is just our little ego that wants to "keep" what we think of as "ours" to ourselves.

Give all you have to all and progress will go so much faster. Others may learn from the implementation of Datomic and make something better. So your ego is hurt, but humanity wins!!

Give all you have, and it will never be enough! Give anyway!