In defense of a third way in open software licensing
As an active maintainer of a popular 8.8K+ starred Open Source project, I can attest to how hard and difficult it is to run, fund, finance, etc.<p>But, at the end of the day, there is no excuse - we cannot sacrifice our ideals&#x2F;values just because Open Source can be rough.<p>True Open Source is worth making the sacrifice for, but there are a <i></i>lot<i></i> of new&#x2F;old licenses trying to evangelize themselves as &quot;Open Source&quot; but are secretly masked proprietary&#x2F;cripple-ware. This needs to be stopped.<p>We had a good discussion about this on Twitter the other day: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;marknadal&#x2F;status&#x2F;1032763711008559104" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;marknadal&#x2F;status&#x2F;1032763711008559104</a>