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FSL: Functional Source License

2 pointsby madmax108over 1 year ago

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wyldfireover 1 year ago
&gt; It is designed for SaaS companies that value both user freedom and developer sustainability.<p>I disagree that they value freedom.<p>&quot;harmful free-riding&quot; - I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s true that users of Open Source software are free-riders. They&#x27;re users, consuming the product of our work. Sometimes I contribute to fix my bugs and sometimes I contribute fixes for the sake of the users. And sometimes I contribute selfishly to promote my own career as a developer.<p>To me, two things are part of the appeal of contributing: (1) the users (more users, higher profile project), (2) mutual benefit and commitment to freedom among contributors.<p>I doubt your SaaS company&#x27;s commitment to Open Source software if you use this license and I encourage others not to contribute code bound by this license.<p>Please do not refer to this license as Open Source -- I&#x27;m happy to see that this page draws a distinction between FSL and Open Source.