The challenge with making statements like this is you're making them against not only the person who made the decisions, but also the person who holds 100% of the facts, and will openly share them.
So lets talk about the facts, because the paint a pretty clear narrative, rather tha one that people would prefer to believe.
1. I built most of Sentry (back then), and while we had a few contributions here and there, it was almost exclusively my time, or future employees times. So no community contribution concerns.
2. We relicensed because of a new threat, not one that existed 16 years ago when I started the project. That threat was GitLab, who was openly trying to commercialize Sentry. They never once contributed to the project, nor did they want to contribute back as part of that strategy. I know this to be true because I asked them to.
3. We built the FSL because the BUSL did not create a strong enough conviction to our values - of which we repeatedly have put words into action on. We wanted to cement those values, and make it easier for people who had our same concerns, but also wanted to create more open source, to be able to achieve that _without_ undue risk or legal fees.
There is a huge difference in the way Sentry operates, and the way some of these other organizations have chosen to relicense (or in some cases, legitimately rug pull).
So you can say what you will, but we've always been straight forward with our beliefs, and talk about these things publicly all the time. I'm not here to convince you of changing your beliefs, but I will never sit idly when people spread false information, especially about us.
So lets talk about the facts, because the paint a pretty clear narrative, rather tha one that people would prefer to believe.
1. I built most of Sentry (back then), and while we had a few contributions here and there, it was almost exclusively my time, or future employees times. So no community contribution concerns.
2. We relicensed because of a new threat, not one that existed 16 years ago when I started the project. That threat was GitLab, who was openly trying to commercialize Sentry. They never once contributed to the project, nor did they want to contribute back as part of that strategy. I know this to be true because I asked them to.
3. We built the FSL because the BUSL did not create a strong enough conviction to our values - of which we repeatedly have put words into action on. We wanted to cement those values, and make it easier for people who had our same concerns, but also wanted to create more open source, to be able to achieve that _without_ undue risk or legal fees.
There is a huge difference in the way Sentry operates, and the way some of these other organizations have chosen to relicense (or in some cases, legitimately rug pull).
So you can say what you will, but we've always been straight forward with our beliefs, and talk about these things publicly all the time. I'm not here to convince you of changing your beliefs, but I will never sit idly when people spread false information, especially about us.
https://cra.mr/the-busl-factor
https://cra.mr/open-source-and-a-healthy-dose-of-capitalism