communication protocol Matrix shifts to less-permissive AGPL open source license

"[W]e have a similar situation where system integrators and defense firms are going and picking up our open source, selling it for huge amounts of money, and then not contributing anything back at all"

" It is hard for Element to innovate and adapt as quickly as companies whose business model is developing proprietary Matrix-based products and services without the responsibility and costs of maintaining the bulk of Matrix. "

"After considerable thought, and taking particular inspiration from Grafana, we’ve …

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