Business Source License

alias:: BSL, BUSL tags:: #licensing, #opensource, #MariaDB, #Hashicorp link:: https://mariadb.com/bsl11/

• Created by MariaDB, and the license text is copyrighted by them, and “Business Source License” is a trademark of MariaDB.

• The Business Source License (this document, or the “License”) is not an Open Source license. However, the Licensed Work will eventually be made available under an Open Source License, as stated in this License.

• I’ve added links and a few of the items from the Business Source License/FAQ and the Business Source License/MariaDB FAQ that have useful explanations.
• I went to see if Kyle Mitchell had written anything on BSL, and it’s only mentioned in an aside:

  • One way to clear such a high bar is to make a ton of new value, all the time, at a relentless pace. The Business Source License and other time-delay release pacts implement exactly that kind of commitment in legal terms. Business-wise, it’s a treadmill. Stand still, you fall off the back. - Kyle Mitchell, Changeblog, Sept 2019

• And here’s the version that Hashicorp uses Business Source License/Hashicorp. The parameters section is how you configure the BSL