Can Open Source Projects Exit Foundations?
a year ago
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- #open-source
- Synadia threatened to pull NATS from CNCF, moving from Apache 2.0 to a non-open source license.
- NATS is an open source messaging system for secure, high-performance communication between distributed systems.
- Synadia announced plans to withdraw NATS from CNCF and adopt the Business Source License (BUSL).
- CNCF disputed ownership of the NATS trademark, raising concerns about the project's future.
- Synadia and CNCF reached an agreement: Synadia transfers NATS trademark to Linux Foundation, CNCF retains project control.
- If Synadia forks NATS for a proprietary offering, it must use a new name.
- The dispute highlighted tensions around open source foundations and their role in project stability.
- Synadia is considering a commercial distribution embedding the OSS NATS Server for specific use cases.
- NATS remains in 'incubating' status in CNCF, contributing to the dispute.