ubicloud VS manageiq

The docs still say the Elastic license is used but looking at https://github.com/ubicloud/ubicloud/blob/main/LICENSE it looks like the project might have switched to GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 in the last day.

At Ubicloud, we have 100% line and branch coverage that is mandated on every PR (https://github.com/ubicloud/ubicloud). We also have an E2E test suite that we run periodically and with every commit. We did not really feel like our tests are slowing us down, it actually makes us faster since we have a higher trust to the payload and many manual checks that would need to be done is safely skipped.

> Taken from here: https://ubicloud.com/

Am I the only one getting a certificate error browsing there?

Link to our project: https://github.com/ubicloud/ubicloud

We’re choosing Elastic V2 for three reasons: (1) We’re planning to monetize through a managed service and we’d like the license to support that, (2) Later if we change our mind, we think it’s easier on our users if we go from a restrictive license to a more permissive one, and (3) The Elastic V2 license is much simpler than its cousin, Server Side Public License (SSPL).

That said, Elastic V2 is a new license and doesn’t seem to as popular as SSPL. Also, some projects out there mix and match multiple licenses in their repo to be able to call themselves open source.

Any insights / feedback on Elastic V2 or software licenses in general?

I mean, I get that deprecating products can be annoying. But at the same time, we're talking about a for profit company. There does need to be a level of customer interest to make the maths work. Just because Red Hat doesn't have a productised version doesn't mean you can't use it though. There is always an upstream version of Red Hat products, in the case of CloudForms, that community is ManageIQ: https://www.manageiq.org

For this things (self-service portal where users can order new kubernetes cluster or vm, reserve IP address, create DNS record...) we using https://www.manageiq.org, but for some cases you need heavy customization so we looking for replacement. Last time when I checked https://backstage.io looks good.

Using ManageIQ (aka CloudForms)

Just putting this here.