I only recently became familiar with MinIO due to playing around with Kubernetes again, but man is it unfortunate what is happening to their community edition.

[gina@fosstodon.org]

I only recently became familiar with MinIO due to playing around with Kubernetes again, but man is it unfortunate what is happening to their community edition. #MinIO #opensource

https://news.reading.sh/2026/02/14/how-minio-went-from-open-source-darling-to-cautionary-tale/

[lalalasombra@chaos.social]

@Gina VC destroys everything

[brianb@fosstodon.org]

@Gina maybe a dumb question, but if someone started using the package under Apache 2.0, did the new AGPL only apply if you upgraded a version? Or does that require compliance for all previous users?

[papiris@hachyderm.io]

@Gina yeah.
Maybe check out https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/ by @deuxfleurs, part of @ChatonsOrg ?

[themipper@mastodon.social]

@Gina luckily there is a great alternative: garage [1]

[1] https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/

[bryanredeagle@beige.party]

@brianb Based on the announcement article, they had to make changes in order for it to be licensed as AGPL (they released a report about it at the same time). So I think it's safe to say earlier versions are still Apache, but this is a better question for a lawyer.

[tyil@fedi.tyil.nl]

@Gina@fosstodon.org This is why people prefer using actual free software, such as Garage, licensed under the AGPL-3.0, and hosted using free software too.

Open Source is a scam, as has been proven countless times now.