Editing Source-available software (section)

=== Commons Clause ===

The Commons Clause, created by Fossa, Inc., is an [[addendum]] to an [[open-source software]] license that restricts users from selling the software. Under the combined license, the software is source-available, but not open-source.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2018-08-24|title=Commons Clause License|url=https://commonsclause.com/|website=Commons Clause License}}</ref>

On August 22, 2018, [[Redis Labs]] shifted some [[Redis]] Modules from the [[GNU Affero General Public License]]<ref>{{cite news|access-date=2018-08-24|title=Why Redis Labs' Modules are AGPL |website=Redis Labs|url=https://redislabs.com/blog/why-redis-labs-modules-are-agpl/|date=5 July 2016|last=Shoolman|first=Yiftach}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|access-date=2018-08-24|title=Redis has a license to kill: Open-source database maker takes some code proprietary|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/23/redis_database_license_change/|website=The Register|last=Claburn|first=Thomas}}</ref> to a combination of the [[Apache License]] 2.0 and the Commons Clause.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2018-08-24|title=Commons Clause License|url=https://commonsclause.com/|website=Commons Clause License}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|access-date=2018-08-24|title=Why Redis Labs made a huge mistake when it changed its open source licensing strategy|url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/why-redis-labs-made-a-huge-mistake-when-it-changed-its-open-source-licensing-strategy/|newspaper=TechRepublic|last=Asay|first=Matt}}</ref>

In September 2018, [[Matthew Garrett]] criticized Commons Clause calling it an "older way of doing things" and said it "doesn't help the [[commons]]".<ref>[https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/51177.html The Commons Clause doesn't help the commons] Matthew Garrett's blog</ref>