When Open Source Isn't: How OpenRewrite Lost Its Way

5 pointsposted 9 months ago
by Jlleitschuh

3 Comments

Jlleitschuh

9 months ago

Moderne quietly relicensed community-contributed OpenRewrite code from Apache 2.0 to a proprietary license, abandoning its open source commitments. This decision risks legal exposure, undermines community trust, and sets a dangerous precedent for OSS stewardship.

nullfield

9 months ago

What alternatives are there, if any? If it’s largely being used for templating, is it even worth using?

elharo

9 months ago

And this is why GPL is the way to go. The Apache License is designed to enable this bad behavior. It's a feature, not a bug.