Re: Stop using US controlled software stacks!!!

[Jean-Christophe Helary]

> On Apr 20, 2020, at 5:07, Guido Stepken <gstep...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> And what about Apple buying and removing Open Sourced FoundationDB from 
> Internet?
> 
> "In March 2015 the FoundationDB Community site was updated to state that the 
> company had changed directions and would no longer be offering downloads of 
> its product. The company was acquired by Apple Inc., which was confirmed 
> March 25, 2015."

But FoundationDB was not free software in the first place. According to 2013 
reports, the company did not intend to release it as free software (only some 
parts, in the future and further down the road as a "community" version). Apple 
released it fully as free software (MIT license) in 2018.

I am sure there are plenty other exemples of bad practices in the software 
world, but this one does not strike me as one.


Jean-Christophe Helary
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