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319 points SpaghettiX | 9 comments | 10 Feb 22 09:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.914s | source | bottom
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pabs3 ◴[10 Feb 22 11:25 UTC] No.30284770[source]▶
Unfortunately the cloudflared software, while the source is available on GitHub, and there are pull requests open and accepted for it, is not under an open source license, and the license it is under does not allow modifications, so any modifications (including the aformentioned pull requests) are contrary to the license and thus copyright law and thus illegal. The issue I filed about this is still waiting for action since October 2021.

https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/issues/464

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1. TownLake ◴[10 Feb 22 12:09 UTC] No.30285051[source]▶
Hello from the Cloudflare team - thanks for the nudge. We're in the process of migrating away from the proprietary license to an Apache license. We'll update the GitHub issue too; should be wrapped up in the next couple of weeks but likely sooner.
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2. pabs3 ◴[10 Feb 22 12:11 UTC] No.30285074[source]▶
Excellent, thanks for the update. Apache isn't what I would have chosen but is reasonable enough.
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3. pabs3 ◴[10 Feb 22 12:23 UTC] No.30285154[source]▶
Could you also provide an update on this issue about the Cloudflare open source contact address?

https://github.com/cloudflare/.github/issues/13

4. mistrial9 ◴[10 Feb 22 13:21 UTC] No.30285598[source]▶
everyone believes that statement because?
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5. jgrahamc ◴[10 Feb 22 13:27 UTC] No.30285662[source]▶
Because in two weeks time if it's not done you can come back here and yell at me.
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6. e12e ◴[10 Feb 22 15:07 UTC] No.30287106[source]▶
Curious about this; is it the patent clause? What would you have picked - mit/bsd?
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7. anderspitman ◴[10 Feb 22 16:18 UTC] No.30288364[source]▶
As someone who watches this space closely and recommends Cloudflare Tunnel regularly, this is fantastic news.

Do you know if it will be feasible to add Cloudflare tunneling to 3rd party Golang apps?

8. pabs3 ◴[11 Feb 22 03:36 UTC] No.30296591{3}[source]▶
As mentioned in the issue, I would have picked a copyleft license like AGPLv3 or GPLv3.
9. jgrahamc ◴[16 Feb 22 08:38 UTC] No.30357631{3}[source]▶
There you go: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30353690