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import Layout from '../layouts/Layout.astro'; | ||
import Section from '../components/Section.astro'; | ||
import Button from '../components/Button.astro'; | ||
import GeoLeft from '/images/background-images/geo-left.svg?raw'; | ||
import GeoRight from '/images/background-images/geo-right.svg?raw'; | ||
const seoMetaData = { | ||
description: 'Fair Source values user freedom and developer sustainability. We find a balance through non-compete licenses that allow users to run the software for their own needs, modify it, and propose changes back to the developer, with delayed Open Source publication.', | ||
slug: 'about/' | ||
}; | ||
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<Layout title="About Fair Source" seo={seoMetaData}> | ||
<header class="w-full relative overflow-x-clip z-0"> | ||
<div class="flex flex-wrap justify-center container mx-auto z-10 relative"> | ||
<div class="w-10/12 lg:w-9/12 xl:w-8/12 py-[3rem] lg:py-[6rem] 2xl:pt-[12.19rem] 2xl:pb-[18.06rem] 3xl:pt-[8rem] 3xl:pb-[12rem] flex-col justify-center text-center z-1"> | ||
<h1>About Fair Source</h1> | ||
<p class="text-[1.75rem] font-[500] leading-[130%] tracking-[-0.035rem] mb-[1.5rem]">Learn the what, why, and who of Fair Source Software.</p> | ||
</div> | ||
</div> | ||
<div class="image z-0 w-auto absolute md:top-[11rem] md:bottom-[-12rem] md:left-[-2rem] md:right-0 lg:top-[14rem] lg:top-[-14rem] lg:left:-[-6rem] lg:right-0 xl:top-[20rem] xl:bottom-[-40rem] xl:left-[-8.56rem] xl:right-0 3xl:top-[14rem] 3xl:left-[-4rem] 3xl:right-0 3xl:bottom-[-8rem]"> | ||
<div class="flex items-top justify-center w-[100%] relative mx-auto columns-2 gap-[4rem] z-0 xl:max-h-[30rem] 2xl:max-h-[40rem] 3xl:max-h-[60rem] overflow-clip"> | ||
<div class="w-6/12 pt-[2rem]"> | ||
<Fragment set:html={GeoLeft} /> | ||
</div> | ||
<div class="w-6/12"> | ||
<Fragment set:html={GeoRight} /> | ||
</div> | ||
</div> | ||
</div> | ||
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</header> | ||
<main> | ||
<Section sectionStyles="py-[3rem] px-[5rem] xl:pt-[5.5rem] xl:pb-[11.25rem] xl:px-[14.25rem]"> | ||
<div> | ||
<h2>What is Fair Source Software?</h2> | ||
<p | ||
class="text-[1.75rem] font-[500] leading-[135%] tracking-[-0.0375rem] pb-[1.25rem]" | ||
> | ||
Fair Source Software (FSS): | ||
</p> | ||
<ol | ||
class="text-[1.75rem] font-[500] pb-[3.25rem] pl-[3.25rem] list-decimal" | ||
> | ||
<li>is publicly available to read;</li> | ||
<li> | ||
allows use, modification, and redistribution with minimal restrictions | ||
to protect the producer’s business model; and | ||
</li> | ||
<li>undergoes delayed Open Source publication (DOSP).</li> | ||
</ol> | ||
<div> | ||
<p class="pb-[1.5rem]"> | ||
The intention is for the first point to be a bright line, and for the | ||
second to invite exploration. We expect <a href="/licenses" | ||
>Fair Source licenses</a | ||
> to emerge and evolve and shake out into a few clear winners over time, | ||
as companies <a href="/join">apply Fair Source</a> within their own particular | ||
business context. | ||
</p> | ||
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<p class="pb-[1.5rem]"> | ||
The third point is also intended as a bright line, and a key | ||
differentiator of Fair Source from <a | ||
href="https://opensource.org/blog/opencore">Open Core</a | ||
> and other approaches. <a href="https://opensource.org/dosp" | ||
>Delayed Open Source publication</a | ||
> (DOSP) is a concept <a | ||
href="https://opensource.org/blog/a-historic-view-of-the-practice-to-delay-releasing-open-source-software-osis-report" | ||
>established by the Open Source Initiative</a | ||
> (OSI). It is in keeping with <a href="https://opensource.org/bylaws" | ||
>OSI's public-benefit mandate</a | ||
> | ||
to "persuade organizations and software authors to distribute source software | ||
freely they otherwise would not distribute." DOSP ensures that if a Fair | ||
Source company goes out of business, or takes their software in an undesired | ||
direction, the community or another company can pick up and move forward. | ||
Will this be meaningful in practice? Again, time will tell. | ||
</p> | ||
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<h3>Why Fair Source?</h3> | ||
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<p> | ||
The purpose of Fair Source is to legitimize the practice of companies | ||
sharing their core software products to a business-justifiable extent, | ||
without confusing this sharing with Free and Open Source Software. | ||
Companies that adopt Fair Source value user freedom alongside their | ||
own sustainability, and quite often maintain and contribute both | ||
financially and in other ways to genuine community-governed FOSS | ||
projects alongside their commercial Fair Source products. | ||
</p> | ||
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<h3>Who is behind Fair Source?</h3> | ||
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<p> | ||
Fair Source began as an initiative of <a | ||
href="https://sentry.io/welcome/">Sentry</a | ||
> | ||
in 2024, in response to a 2023 <a | ||
href="https://x.com/adamhjk/status/1687113805237714944" | ||
>call-to-action</a | ||
> | ||
from Chef co-founder Adam Jacob. Fair Source is managed on GitHub. Governance | ||
and process documentation is in the <a | ||
href="https://github.com/fairsource/fair.io">README</a | ||
>. | ||
</p> | ||
</div> | ||
</div> | ||
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</Section> | ||
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</Layout> | ||
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