Translation: It's proprietary "source available" software until January 2027, at which point it becomes free software and open source under the Apache 2.0 license.

[–] PM_ME_UR_PCAPS@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

It’s BSL so I guess open source but not “free software”?

Edit: okay as has been widely pointed out this is not an open source license. The text of the license says this. They have updated the post to (kind of) acknowledge this. They also state that this non-open source license “aligns strongly with our own open source goals and intent for Codecov at this time”, really committing to try to confuse whether or not they’re open source

[–] RobotToaster 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The BSL violates point six of the open source definition, so isn't open source https://opensource.org/osd/

[–] janWilejan@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

Nope. The Business Source License isn't an open source license. https://opensource.org/licenses/ (not to be confused with the Boost Source License, which is open source).

[–] jollyrogue@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

It’s open core corporateware and shouldn’t count as free software regardless of the license.

[–] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Was wondering what the "catch" was as soon as I saw the title. Thanks.

[–] erre@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

One of my favorite PR checks. Glad to see this.

[–] tubbadu@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 2 years ago

Is it like a git* alternative?