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Yes, that's intentional. It used to be GPL which imposed the same requirement, but we shifted to BSL because it's a bit more explicit and because of (again, irrational) GPL-phobia on the part of some non-trivial subset of corporate users.

BTW the closed source restriction in the BSL is effectively the same as the GPL and the only other meaningful restriction is on SaaS direct monetization. Companies can still run ZT for free and run it behind the scenes for free. It's a lot like the AGPL.



This is not true. AGPL allows SaaS monetization (you just need to publish the source). BSL does not allow it.


That's why the BSL exists: to stop SaaS companies from monetizing the software without giving anything back to its developers.

A SaaS company can get a commercial license.


Or just use Nebula, which is superior in some ways (though presumably not every way) to ZeroTier, and MIT-licensed.




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