Business Source License 1.1
源码可见SPDX 标识:
BUSL-1.1OSI ✗数据更新于 2026年9月26日机器翻译白话解读
源码可见:生产使用受“附加使用授权”限制,每个版本在“变更日”(最长 4 年)后转为开源许可证。
类比: 橱窗展示:可以看、可以试用,几年后这件商品对所有人免费。
优点
- + 可控制商业使用
- + 代码日后会变成开源
缺点
- - 不是开源许可证
- - 各项目的授权条件不同
- - 容易引发分叉
使用它的知名项目
图谱中有 5 个知名项目使用该许可证。
- Akka开发工具 · Lightbend于 2022年9月7日 改用
- ConsulDevOps · HashiCorp于 2023年8月10日 改用
- NomadDevOps · HashiCorp于 2023年8月10日 改用
- TerraformDevOps · HashiCorp于 2023年8月10日 改用
- VaultDevOps · HashiCorp于 2023年8月10日 改用
曾经使用、后来改掉的项目
- 2024年8月15日CockroachDB→ CockroachDB Software License
- 2023年11月17日Sentry→ FSL-1.1
允许
- 修改
- 私人使用
- 非生产使用
- 日后转为开源
义务
- 保留版权声明
- 衍生作品同协议
限制
- 不承担责任
- 不提供担保
- 限制生产使用
极端场景 · 代码许可证
- A1许可证阻止云厂商把你的项目做成托管服务售卖除非附加授权允许
- A2许可证阻止fork 后闭源分发竞品衍生仍为 BSL
- A3有条件嵌入闭源 SaaS 后端(不分发)视附加授权
- A4有条件链接进闭源 App / 固件分发视附加授权
- A5未约定用你的名字/商标宣传改版
- A6有条件原样打包收费售卖视附加授权
- B1未约定起诉作者专利侵权后继续使用
- B2未约定贡献者对用户主张其代码中的专利
- B3未约定跨法域纠纷,适用法律/管辖
- C1有条件作者日后改协议/卖商业授权(贡献者未签 CLA)通常靠 CLA
- C2许可证阻止代码被并入 GPL-3.0 项目
- C3许可证阻止用了 GPL-3.0 依赖,整体仍以此协议发布
- C4有条件项目停更,他人 fork 接手变更日前受限
- C5可以作者只禁止大公司/竞争对手使用通过附加授权
- C6未约定关键代码由公司员工写、公司不同意开源
- D1许可证阻止删除版权/署名声明
- D2可以修改文件不标注修改
- D3有条件内部修改、不分发也不对外服务视附加授权
- D4有条件用于军事/监控等作者不认同的用途视附加授权
- D5未约定被受制裁实体使用
- D6未约定代码被用于训练 AI 模型
最坏情况雷达图
- 1防白嫖67
- 2防闭源75
- 3专利保护0
- 4企业采纳阻力63
- 5改协议难度50
由场景矩阵自动计算。分数高表示该属性更强,不代表“更好”。
与其他许可证对比…
官方原文
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https://spdx.org/licenses/BUSL-1.1.html
Business Source License 1.1
Business Source License 1.1
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