I really like the fact that it can be used offline. Sadly it seems to be AGPL licensed, which makes it pretty much untouchable by anything adjacent to any sort of business which employs lawyers.
Use others to gain an advantage, then pull up the ladder after you.
I'm not surprised that large corporations want to have their cake, eat it and not pay for it but it's not a compelling argument for people producing opensource software
But if it’s AGPL, I’ll move on. They’re too idealistic to deal with megacorp. They don’t sell through intermediaries, can’t/won’t be insured enough, etc.
Inevitably the small company sees $$$ and goes nuts trying to sell even when warned not to. Then the risk management and contract stuff kicks in, drags out, and kills it.
The small company blew a bunch of cash on nothing. Or they base sales projections on it. I’ve seen a couple go under.
Those are people’s livelihoods and I can’t do that to them.
That’s not limited to AGPL, but the license is a signal of that type of business. And they never do the smart thing with megacorp and sell through an established intermediary.
Takes a lot of good software off the table.
Most companies are fine with BSD/MIT software with absolutely no support. Your argument holds absolutely no water compared to what they actually want which is to take other people's work and close it up for profit.
If they want a license to close it up, they can pay for it.
Guess both sides have strong feeling why something is "bad".
I personally only contribute to agpl software, try to use agpl/sspl and similar licensed software.
Guess the " corporate mentality" and "Foss mentality" don't meet unless it's a corp built around Foss products and ideology.
Look at valve and their deck compared to Nintendo switch.
Darn