News: Sentry’s Fair Source Licensing & What’s Next for React Native

On this week’s episode, a new software licensing term has emerged in the development world: Fair Source Software (FSS). 

The error and exception tracking software company Sentry added some legal protections to their Codecov product last year (they are a business trying to earn money, after all), which technically meant it was no longer open source. In order to keep sharing its code with the community, Sentry created a new “Fair Source” licensing category that shares similar values to open source, but also allows companies to enforce non-compete clauses to protect its business interests.

In other news, even though the React Native framework is already 10 years old, the team just launched v0.75. While this isn’t a major release, it lays the groundwork for v1 by reporting that the “new architecture” required for support of new React 18+ features like Suspense, synchronous layouts, and concurrent rendering is now stable.

News:

• Paige - React Native reaches 0.75
• TJ - Fair Source Software (FSS) license

What Makes Us Happy this Week:

• Paige - Origins Crisp Citrus Hand Cream
• TJ - Risky Business Podcast

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