AMD Pulls a Bait-and-Switch on Linux Users with Vivado Licensing Changes
Big tech companies have a habit of offering something for free, watching the user base grow, and then quietly walking it back once people are too invested to leave easily. A bait-and-switch, so to speak.Redis did exactly this back in March 2024, dropping its long-standing BSD license for the more restrictive dual licensing model, and the blowback was severe enough that the community forked it into Valkey almost immediately.Linux tends to get hit hardest by these moves. Its comparatively smaller ...
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