diff --git a/src/layouts/Layout.astro b/src/layouts/Layout.astro index eb94059..4b3cf9a 100644 --- a/src/layouts/Layout.astro +++ b/src/layouts/Layout.astro @@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import iconGitHub from '../assets/navigation/github.png' const links = [ { - name: 'Definition', - url: '/definition/', + name: 'About', + url: '/about/', target: '' }, { diff --git a/src/pages/about.astro b/src/pages/about.astro new file mode 100644 index 0000000..59ac503 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/pages/about.astro @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +--- +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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About Fair Source

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Learn the what, why, and who of Fair Source Software.

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What is Fair Source Software?

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+ The intention is for the first point to be a bright line, and for the + second to invite exploration. We expect Fair Source licenses to emerge and evolve and shake out into a few clear winners over time, + as companies apply Fair Source within their own particular + business context. +

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+ The third point is also intended as a bright line, and a key + differentiator of Fair Source from Open Core and other approaches. Delayed Open Source publication (DOSP) is a concept established by the Open Source Initiative (OSI). It is in keeping with OSI's public-benefit mandate + 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. +

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Why Fair Source?

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+ 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. +

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Who is behind Fair Source?

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+ Fair Source began as an initiative of Sentry + in 2024, in response to a 2023 call-to-action + from Chef co-founder Adam Jacob. Fair Source is managed on GitHub. Governance + and process documentation is in the README. +

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How does Fair Source benefit developers?

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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.

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- Additionally, Fair Source software licensing often incorporates delayed Open Source publication. Also known as eventual - Open Source, the idea here is that the software product goes under an Open Source license after a certain period of - time, usually two years. This way, if the developer of the software takes it in a bad direction, the community or - another company can fork it from before it started going bad and move it forward on a more desirable course. -

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