> Their proprietary license protecting their code set competitors and intentional clones back days, weeks or months ... years ago.
- benologist, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17454032
If AWS decides to copy your product, going closed-source or source-available just means they have to copy it from design docs or protocol specs. That's more friction than being able to reuse code outright, but it's not going to stop them.
> Their proprietary license protecting their code set competitors and intentional clones back days, weeks or months ... years ago.
- benologist, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17454032
If AWS decides to copy your product, going closed-source or source-available just means they have to copy it from design docs or protocol specs. That's more friction than being able to reuse code outright, but it's not going to stop them.