Comment by Takennickname

3 years ago

I just want to know if MinIO contact Weka before this fall out or not. If not, then MinIO comes off as a bunch of psychos. If so, then grab your popcorn.

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remram  3 years ago

It seems they might be psychos, they are misrepresenting what AGPL allows all over their issue tracker, for example this: https://github.com/minio/minio/issues/12829#issuecomment-889...

> Also NOTE: I need to remind you are under AGPLv3 violation here if you are using MinIO with proprietary purposes. Please consult a software lawyer for more information.

Or this: https://github.com/minio/minio/issues/13308#issuecomment-929...

> Also, just want to mention that the AGPL license requires that all software connecting with MinIO be 100% open source for you/your users not to be in violation of the license.

All that AGPL actually requires is that you share the source of your server, if you modify it.

  • donmcronald  3 years ago

    > Also, just want to mention that the AGPL license requires that all software connecting with MinIO be 100% open source for you/your users not to be in violation of the license.

    So they would consider my Arq backups to MinIO a license violation? What if I access the GUI from a Windows PC? What about a Linux PC with a proprietary GPU driver?

    • sidewndr46  3 years ago

      Under the MinIO interpretation if you browse the web interface with Microsoft Edge you need to open source your browser.

chatmasta  3 years ago

According to the article, they did not:

> At the end of the business day on Friday, March 24th – without warning, provocation, or even providing WEKA with an opportunity to review and respond to their claims – MinIO issued a public statement that made several false and baseless accusations against WEKA. It was the first time MinIO had made us aware of their concerns.