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Even though it is proprietary, I appreciate the current fine print in their current Timescale license compared to most other proprietary licenses. It doesn't have scary ambiguous language that could apply to even small, non-cloud-provider users that the SSPL contains, and they have nice "we won't sue you" clauses that were written favorably for users.

At least that's what I think, I'd want to hear kemitchell's review of the most recent iteration of their license, I think it incorporates much of what he's discussed as the correct legal direction for open-except-for-clouds licenses which strikes the right balance between user protections and safe guards against cloud providers.



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