Viktor Nagornyy · @viktor
200 followers · 871 posts · Server me.dm

Is Font Awesome or are they ?

The free version is licensed under Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 International, which is not an OSI-approved license:
opensource.org/licenses/

It's not software, so it's fine to use that license. But v4 was open source under SIL OFL 1.1.

I'm not a legal expert, but this seems to be source-available with a generous free license. Hence, open-washing? 🤔

Thoughts?

#opensource #openwashing #foss #licensing #osi #opensourcelicensing

Last updated 1 year ago

FOSSlife · @FOSSlife
864 followers · 1026 posts · Server mastodon.fosslife.org

Licensing model change to Elasticsearch and Kibana prompts AWS to create and maintain an ALv2-licensed fork buff.ly/3pi08LO

#AWS #Kibana #Elasticsearch #licensing #opensourcelicensing #Apache #amazon

Last updated 4 years ago

FOSSlife · @FOSSlife
864 followers · 1026 posts · Server mastodon.fosslife.org