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> That's an odd take... open source is a software licensing model, not a business model.

Yes, open-source is a software license model, not a business model. It is also not a software support model.

This change is them essentially declaring that MinIO is EOL and will not have any further updates.

For comparison, Windows 10 which is a paid software released in the same year as first minio release i.e. 2015 is already EOL.



>This change is them essentially declaring that MinIO is EOL and will not have any further updates.

Just fork it!


Simply forking it won't work. The legal risks have been well-documented. Under their AGPL + Commercial model, the moment your fork gets too popular, MinIO can just shut you down. This is exactly why the smart money and talent have already moved on to systems like RustFS, SeaweedFS, and Garage instead of trying to maintain a doomed fork.


The only risk is if you’re trying to bootstrap your competitors with their open source contribution, and have a paid private integrations.

AGPL means you cannot do this. This is less of a risk, than it is the explicit intention of the Licence.




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