Grafana、Loki和Tempo更改開源協議，由Apache License 2.0轉爲 AGPL v3

{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"近日，Grafana Labs 宣佈旗下核心開源項目許可證的重大變更："}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"blockquote","content":[{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Grafana、Grafana Loki 和 Grafana Tempo 從 Apache License 2.0 轉爲 AGPL v3 許可證。而相關插件、代理與部分特定庫仍將保持 Apache 許可狀態。"}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"此次許可證變更並不阻止用戶使用、修改或向他人提供特准的開源軟件。但根據 AGPL 的許可，如果用戶決定修改項目代碼以供某方使用，則必須同時共享新的源代碼（通過發行版或經由網絡共享）。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"image","attrs":{"src":"https:\/\/static001.geekbang.org\/infoq\/98\/981dd78076d8af166742f76183856039.jpeg","alt":null,"title":null,"style":[{"key":"width","value":"75%"},{"key":"bordertype","value":"none"}],"href":null,"fromPaste":true,"pastePass":true}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Grafana Labs CEO 兼聯合創始人 Raj Dutt 說：“這些條款是希望引導修改軟件的第三方能同時爲項目及社區做出貢獻。我們認爲這是一種更公平的發展方式，也有助於建立起更強大的 Grafana 社區生態。”"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"作爲此次變更的一部分，Grafana Labs 還決定調整原本基於 Apache 軟件基金會要求的貢獻者許可協議（CLA）。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"如果說 MongoDB 和 Elastic 公司在開源上是後退了一步，那麼 Grafana Labs 的表現算是向前走了一步。"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"align":null,"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Grafana Labs"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"據悉，Grafana Labs 成立於 2014 年，旗下有多款開源軟件，包括廣受歡迎的開源可視化和分析軟件 Grafana、多租戶日誌聚合系統 Grafana Loki 以及分佈式追蹤系統 Grafana Tempo。同時，它還爲客戶提供了 Grafana Cloud 與 Grafana Enterprise Stack 等產品方案。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"此外，Grafana Labs 還爲 Graphite、Prometheus 以及 Cortex 等開源項目做出巨大貢獻。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Raj Dutt 表示，“我們旨在圍繞 Grafana 項目建立起可持續發展的商業模式，將由此獲得的收益投資於技術與社區發展。”"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"align":null,"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"爲什麼更改許可證"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"此前，Elastic 公司宣佈改變 Elasticsearch 和 Kibana 的開源協議，由 Apache 2.0 變更爲 SSPL 與 Elastic License。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"一時間，此事引起開源社區的極大關注，有人指責這是倒退，因爲他們認爲 SSPL 許可證不符合開源精神，而有的人則表示理解，因爲開源僅靠情懷無法長久活下去，而云廠商的“白嫖”使開源軟件公司處境日益艱難。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"作爲一家開源公司，Grafana Labs 對此也一直保持關注。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"“過去幾年，我們密切關注各家大型開源企業的許可證制度發展動向，包括 Elastic、Redis Labs、MongoDB、Timescale、Cockroach Labs 等。最終，我們發現幾乎所有廠商都不約而同地轉向非 OSI（開源促進會）批准的許可選項。”"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Grafana 社區 Director Richard \"RichiH\" Hartmann 表示，“我們考慮過 SSPL，並且一直關注社區對 MongoDB 和 Elastic 公司所做決定的反應。我們真心尊重他們的決定，但是我們希望 Grafana Labs 軟件符合 OSI 批准的許可選項，因爲開源社區的支持對我們而言非常重要。”"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"據悉，AGPLv3 爲 OSI 批准的許可證，符合全部自由與開源軟件覈定標準。"}]},{"type":"image","attrs":{"src":"https:\/\/static001.geekbang.org\/infoq\/cd\/cd807363334f11767b91e05aff2993ec.png","alt":null,"title":null,"style":[{"key":"width","value":"75%"},{"key":"bordertype","value":"none"}],"href":null,"fromPaste":true,"pastePass":true}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"根據維基百科解釋，AGPL v3 全稱是 GNU Affero 通用公共許可協議，是一個廣泛被使用的自由軟件許可協議，最初由 Affero,Inc 撰寫。此許可協議最新版本爲“第 3 版（v3）”。而 AGPL 是改自 GNU 通用公共許可協議，並加入額外條款。而 GNU 通用公共許可協議，縮寫爲 GPL，最初由自由軟件基金會的理查德·斯托曼爲 GNU 項目撰寫，是被廣泛使用的自由軟件許可證，給予了終端用戶運行、學習、共享和修改軟件的自由。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Apache License（Apache 許可證）是由 Apache 軟件基金會發布的自由軟件許可證，最初爲 Apache http 服務器而撰寫。它的最新版本是“版本 2”，於 2004 年 1 月發佈，因此名稱叫 Apache License 2.0。Apache License 要求被授權者保留著作權和放棄權利的聲明。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Grafana Labs CEO 兼聯合創始人 Raj Dutt 稱，”我們一直努力在開源社區的‘價值創造’與貨幣化戰略的‘價值獲取’目標之間尋求平衡。對許可證的選擇是實現平衡的核心所在，也是自 Grafana Labs 成立以來始終關注的核心問題。“"}]}]}