hirose31

The license does not deny others the right to build on the software. The license is a fork of the AGPL and adds a clause that requires you to open source not only software, but supporting software that is used to run the service. One could argue that this license would result in more publicly available software, not less.

Here is the clause for reference:

If you make the functionality of the Program or a modified version available to third parties as a service, you must make the Service Source Code available via network download to everyone at no charge, under the terms of this License. Making the functionality of the Program or modified version available to third parties as a service includes, without limitation, enabling third parties to interact with the functionality of the Program or modified version remotely through a computer network, offering a service the value of which entirely or primarily derives from the value of the Program or modified version, or offering a service that accomplishes for users the primary purpose of the Software or modified version.

I really have to tip my hat to GitLab marketing the past few months as they've done a phenomenal job. I do wonder what will happen to their pricing once they raise additional rounds of financing? What happens to their pricing once their investors want to see a return on investment? I like the carpe diem business strategy, and of course I like free, but I'm a bit skeptical at the long term viability of a business and market that seems to be racing to the bottom.

We use Elastic Beanstalk to host our Java applications. We would also be interested in a build solution that supported our deployments. Would that be possible?

You should write a post about your experience with DynamoDB. We considered using it, so i'd love to hear more about your experience