What are your thoughts on noncommercial source-available licenses for projects by small companies / individuals?
#sourceAvailable
'Source available' is not open source (and that's okay)
https://dri.es/source-available-is-not-open-source-and-that-is-okay
#HackerNews #SourceAvailable #OpenSource #SoftwareDevelopment #TechInsights #HackerNews
RE: https://mastodon.social/@bagder/115692071460280703
Wrote about this recently as well. We don't want Source Available to become the standard. Its not gonna help - https://www.unsungnovelty.org/posts/10/2025/oss-and-sas/
Một nhà phát triển đang tìm hiểu về tính khả thi của mô hình kinh doanh phần mềm tự host, mã nguồn mở/khả dụng: miễn phí cho mục đích phi thương mại, nhưng yêu cầu trả phí cho thương mại. Liệu mô hình này có bền vững để duy trì phát triển và tạo thu nhập?
#Software #BusinessModel #SourceAvailable #SelfHosted #Licensing #PhanMem #MoHinhKinhDoanh #MaNguonMo #TuHost #CapPhep
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And no, I think what yu basically advocate for is "#Freemium" + "#SourceAvailable" model.
Cuz that's essentially what you advocate for...
@eruwero @maybeanerd also every #FLOSS license accredited by #OSI doesn't discriminate towards users & use-cases.
- So unless you choose to do a non-FLOSS license and instead decide to do a "#SourceAvailable" #license that explicitly doesn't allow commercial use-cases (points at @creativecommons #CCBYNCND) you'd not be able to prevent companies from reusing or repackaging your #OpenSource code.
As for enforcement, I'm shure @landley gets a kilometer stare so instead I'd just recommend you to look for the video where @SexyCyborg tried to obtain the #sources for a #smartphone's firmware...
@landley @eruwero @maybeanerd but if your goal is to "commit asset-denial" against GAFAMs then shure, #AGPLv3 is a shure-fire method to have neither corporate users nor -sponsors…
- If you expect to be paid to maintain #FLOSS you need to find a company willing to do that, and they certainly won't do AGPL but either #openwashing with "#SourceAvailable" shit like #SSPL or choose #0BSD up to #GPLv2.
Wrote about #opensource and it's evil twin - #sourceavailable softwares:
https://www.unsungnovelty.org/posts/10/2025/oss-and-sas/
@SuperDicq @Vivaldi
Really?
https://vivaldi.com/source/
#VivaldiBrowser #VivaldiTechnologies #Vivaldi #browser #browsers #mobileApp #AndroidApp #dataCollection #identification #browser_identification #privacy #dataPrivacy #privacyMatters #FOSS #openSource #openSourceProject #openSourceProjects #checkYourself #closedSource #sourceAvailable #sourceCode
A couple of years back, a bunch of projects started switching to proprietary Source Available licenses like #SSPL. I predicted that they would soon regret it, as they started to be replaced with forks of their own software. Feeling pretty smug reading this ...
"Redis bets big on an open source return
The company is hopeful that changing its license will allow it to better compete with the Valkey fork."
#MattAsay, May 2025
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3975620/redis-bets-big-on-an-open-source-return.html
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Does anyone know a good, #FLOSS-licensed implementation of the Android Managment API for non-#GAPPS / #degoogled devices that supports #eSIM provisioning?
- And no, I don't count #OpenWashing stuff that isn't #FLOSS but effectively #SourceAvailable to paying clients only unless one stumbles upon "development versions.
Basically like #MiniLPA but #remote and on #Android or any #Linux.
- I don't need like a complete eSIM issue infrastructure, but just something to i.e. push an eSIM profile (i.e. via ntfy to a device and make it install & activate / use it.
Not sure if #LucaWeiss or @LaF0rge have any ideas...
https://lucaweiss.eu/post/2024-06-24-esim-manager-for-mobile-linux/
- Granted a fully - #SelfHosting-capable managment #API is desireable as the #USA are unstable and I'd not want any #IT depend on the #vibes of the #Trump - Regime... ( See #CloudAct and how the #ICC as #Microsoft licensee got shafted!)
Hosted by Harbour Masters who also provide ports for other Nintendo classics, the PC port of Mario Kart 64 is now available to test.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/mario-kart-64-gets-a-fan-made-pc-port/
Starship, the fan-made PC port of Star Fox 64 announced by the team who also made PC ports of Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Ship of Harkinian) and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2 Ship 2 Harkinian), has a new release out which includes a Native Linux version.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/fan-made-pc-port-of-star-fox-64-gets-a-linux-version-in-a-big-update/
@jacob yes, and #OpenWashing is a real issue not just with #AssholeLicensing as seen with #Redis & others using #SSPL as a literal #AssholeLicense which are just "#SourceAvailable" instead of #OpenSource, but actual #donations.and #contributions.
The project containing all four implementations is available as well!
@alternativeto so it's not #OpenSource but merely #SourceAvailable!
Ship of Harkinian is a free community-made PC port of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time from the Harbour Masters team. A massive Blair Alfa (9.0.0) release just went live with a Randomizer and other major new features.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/pc-port-of-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-ship-of-harkinian-gets-a-huge-randomizer-upgrade/
#Adventure #Action #Retro #SourceAvailable #SteamDeck #NativeLinux #Nintendo
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