It is the same license used by MariaDB, Sentry, CockroachDB, Couchbase and many others. Technically it is not open source and instead is called source available, but you can enjoy pretty much the same benefits.
Out of curiosity, what makes you uncomfortable about the license?
Er, MariaDB is GPL2, and will forever be since it is derived from MySQL.
I'm guessing they aligned the license terms on those of ClickHouse, which is the underlying data store for Uptrace. From my understanding, if you use Uptrace and ClickHouse to manage your internal telemetry and don't offer it to clients, you should be fine. Still, non-standard license terms give pause, as there is always the possibility they will be restricted further in a bait-and-switch operation like that done by MongoDB or ElasticSearch.
It is true for all licenses, for example, it is possible to keep old code available under old permissive license but release all new code under a more restricted license.
> Technically it is not open source and instead is called source available, but you can enjoy pretty much the same benefits.
Since you already aware about it, could you update the OP from open source to source available, for the sake of transparency? If edit option is not available, you can request mods / dang
> Out of curiosity, what makes you uncomfortable about the license?
I can't speak for the OP, but my view is that all these semi-open (AGPL,BSL etc.) licenses do is muddy the waters. Its essentially giving the developer's lawyers enough grey area to work with in order to find something they can pin you on.
IMHO a company's code should either be closed source or open source. Wishy-washy no-mans-land wordings in the middle don't really help anyone (except the lawyer's bank balance, of course).
Uptrace uses the BSL license to forbid or rather not allow other companies creating a cloud service using Uptrace code, because that is how we are planning to monetize. But you can self-host Uptrace and use it as you want to monitor your (production) application. I think this is fair enough.
If there is another license that better reflects our intentions, let us know.
You can self-host Uptrace and use it in production environment. This is explicitly stated in the FAQ - https://github.com/uptrace/uptrace#faq . But you can't resell Uptrace to others.
I can only repeat that the same BSL license is used by MariaDB, Sentry, CockroachDB, Couchbase, and others. I am not a lawyer and thus not qualified to discuss details.
fmajid|3 years ago
I'm guessing they aligned the license terms on those of ClickHouse, which is the underlying data store for Uptrace. From my understanding, if you use Uptrace and ClickHouse to manage your internal telemetry and don't offer it to clients, you should be fine. Still, non-standard license terms give pause, as there is always the possibility they will be restricted further in a bait-and-switch operation like that done by MongoDB or ElasticSearch.
vmihailenco|3 years ago
It is true for all licenses, for example, it is possible to keep old code available under old permissive license but release all new code under a more restricted license.
None is safe! :)
avinassh|3 years ago
Since you already aware about it, could you update the OP from open source to source available, for the sake of transparency? If edit option is not available, you can request mods / dang
traceroute66|3 years ago
I can't speak for the OP, but my view is that all these semi-open (AGPL,BSL etc.) licenses do is muddy the waters. Its essentially giving the developer's lawyers enough grey area to work with in order to find something they can pin you on.
IMHO a company's code should either be closed source or open source. Wishy-washy no-mans-land wordings in the middle don't really help anyone (except the lawyer's bank balance, of course).
vmihailenco|3 years ago
If there is another license that better reflects our intentions, let us know.
preisschild|3 years ago
jonasdevops|3 years ago
> The Licensor hereby grants you the right to copy, modify, create derivative works, redistribute, and make non-production use of the Licensed Work.
So what is the point of even trying to install it in other environments?
vmihailenco|3 years ago
I can only repeat that the same BSL license is used by MariaDB, Sentry, CockroachDB, Couchbase, and others. I am not a lawyer and thus not qualified to discuss details.
detaro|3 years ago