Discourse Is Not Going Closed Source

Article

• Discourse reaffirms GPLv2 license won’t change, responding to Cal.com controversy
• Argues open source improves security by forcing early, aggressive issue-finding
• Critiques using ‘security’ as framing for what are really business decisions

Discussion

• Commenters agreed open source security argument is often a convenient cover for business motives
• GPLv2 noted as self-enforcing — community can fork regardless of what Cal.com does
• One commenter pivoted to advocating multi-page apps over JS-heavy SPAs
• Some frustration that Discourse requires email to post, limiting community reach

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