Source: thenewstack.io
Open Source Licenses: Who Holds the Power?
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated enterprises’ move to the cloud — and with it, adoption of open source software (OSS), much of which is designed specifically for the cloud. There are loads of reasons to go open source: But the popularity of OSS brings up a host of concerns about where power lies in the world of open source, according to speakers at May’s PerconaLive online event.
Not so much because it’s free but because, with more people on board, an open source project is less likely to go belly up than single-contributor proprietary software organizations.
What really happens in that situation is that it redirects a lot of the revenue stream from the open source developers to the cloud vendors,” Zaitsev said.
What is interesting for me is, if you see public companies are able to switch from open source to proprietary licenses, that is probably what their boards are very much pushing on and we will likely see more of those changes, even if there are strong forces inside those companies which would like to stick to open source,” Zaitsev said.
Not so much because it’s free but because, with more people on board, an open source project is less likely to go belly up than single-contributor proprietary software organizations.
What really happens in that situation is that it redirects a lot of the revenue stream from the open source developers to the cloud vendors,” Zaitsev said.
What is interesting for me is, if you see public companies are able to switch from open source to proprietary licenses, that is probably what their boards are very much pushing on and we will likely see more of those changes, even if there are strong forces inside those companies which would like to stick to open source,” Zaitsev said.
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