Many of the listed projects/start-up are not Open Source about awesome-oss-alternatives

[ssddanbrown]

Hi @garrrikkotua,

On the other hand, it would be super cool to add a license column to the table - I think many people would benefit from that.

That sounds like a good improvement.

I don't really want to do this, because for many people it still super usefull to know about these tools (even if they source avalialbe VS completely open-source).

Okay, but are you looking to still keep the list name, description and criteria the same, with references to "Open Source" specifically?

I ask because many folks that love and work in Open Source, including myself, get concerned when seeing attempts to stretch the term "Open Source" outside of the common OSI definition, commonly for marketing benefit of the projects doing so.
This counters the efforts that have been made to build the reputation of Open Source, and in my opinion these licenses counter what Open Source is about by putting the freedoms/interests of their business first over the code/users.
I don't think there's anything specifically wrong with that though, or that I think it's wrong for people to protect their business or livelihoods, it's just the particular case of applying "Open Source" to such projects/license.
I'd worry that including such "source available" projects along with the "Open Source" terminology would only enforce that idea that open source means "open to viewing" rather than being fully "open to viewing, use and distribution without discrimination".

[ssddanbrown]

Would a PR be accepted to remove the listed items?

[garrrikkotua]

Hey @ssddanbrown!

I agree that FusionAuth and Castled should be removed, but regarding others I don't really want to do this, because for many people it still super usefull to know about these tools (even if they source avalialbe VS completely open-source).

So I am happy to accept PR removing FusionAuth and Castled.

[garrrikkotua]

On the other hand, it would be super cool to add a license column to the table - I think many people would benefit from that.

It's quite a lot of work, so I would be super happy if someone wants to collaborate on this 😄