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    This is a list of notable software packages which were published as free and open-source software, or into the public domain, but were made proprietary software, or otherwise switched to a license (including source-available licenses) that is not considered to be free and open source.

    List of formerly open-source software
    Title Orig. free date License change date Initial free license Non-free license Forked replacement Notes
    Akka2009 2022 Apache-2.0Business Source License[1][2]
    ArangoDB2011 2023 Apache-2.0Business Source License[3]
    Aseprite2001 2016 GPL-2.0EULA that permits personal use but forbids redistribution[4]LibreSprite
    CockroachDB2015 2019 Apache-2.0Business Source License[5]
    Consul2014 2023[6]MPL-2.0Business Source License[6]
    Couchbase Server2010 2021 Apache-2.0Business Source License[7]
    Couchbase Mobile2022[8]Apache-2.0Business Source License[8]
    Elasticsearch2010 2021 Apache-2.0"Elastic License" and Server Side Public License[9][10][11]OpenSearchAdded AGPL v3.0 on 29 August 2024[12]
    Emby2014 2018 GPL-2.0Source code closed on December 8, 2018.[13]Jellyfin
    FBReader2013 2015 GPL-2.0-or-laterApparently the number of devs was limited, and they all agreed to relicense it.[citation needed]
    LiveCode2013 2021[14]GPL-3.0-onlyproprietary[14]The Livecode company developed it, ran a Kickstarter campaign to GPL it, ran it for eight years open source, and then relicensed it back to proprietary, saying there were few other contributors, most were using the free GPL version, and they couldn't sustain the project.[14]
    LiveJournal1999 2014 GPL-2.0-or-laterThe source code was made private in 2014. Dreamwidth
    MetaMask2016 2020 MITCustom proprietary "non-commercial use only" license.[15]
    MongoDB2009 2018 AGPL-3.0-onlyServer Side Public License[16][17]
    Nexuiz2005 2012 GPL-2.0-or-laterGame abandoned in favour of a commercial video game of the same name, which licensed the Nexuiz title but is not based on its engine. Xonotic[18]
    OctoberCMS2014 2021 MITCited the sustainability of its open source model as a factor.[19]Winter[20][21]
    OTRS2001 2020 GPL-3.0-or-laterSupport for the Community Edition dropped on December 23, 2020,[22]Znuny
    Paint.NET2004 2007 MITfreeware license that prohibits modification or resale[23]
    PyMOL2000 2010 MIT-CMU[24][25][26][27][28]
    Reddit2008 2017 CPAL-1.0Source code was made private in 2017, as the internal codebase had already diverged significantly from the public one.
    Redis2009 2024 BSD-3-Clausedual: custom license and Server Side Public License[29]Valkey[30]
    Sourcegraph2013 2023 Apache-2.0proprietary[31]
    Terraform2014 2023[6]MPL-2.0Business Source License[6]OpenTofu[32]HashiCorp founder considered the move "tragic for open source innovation."[33]
    Tux Racer2000 2002 GPL-2.0-or-laterCommercial expansion by original authors, also called Tux Racer. Extreme Tux Racer (formerly PlanetPenguin Racer)
    Vagrant2010 2023[6]MITBusiness Source License[6]

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    1. ^Bonér, Jonas (2022-09-07). "Why We Are Changing the License for Akka". Lightbend. Archived from the original on 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
    2. ^Kunert, Paul (2022-09-08). "Open source biz sick of FOSS community exploitation overhauls software rights". The Register. Situation Publishing. Archived from the original on 2022-09-29. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
    3. ^Carabine, Matt (2023-10-11). "Evolving ArangoDB's Licensing Model for a Sustainable Future". ArangoDB. Archived from the original on 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
    4. ^Capello, David. "Aseprite - New source code license". www.aseprite.org. Archived from the original on 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
    5. ^Mattis, Peter; Darnell, Ben; Kimball, Spencer (2019-06-04). "Why we're relicensing CockroachDB". Cockroach Labs. Archived from the original on 2022-11-07. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
    6. ^ abcdefDadgar, Armon (2023-08-10). "HashiCorp adopts Business Source License". HashiCorp. Archived from the original on 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
    7. ^Anderson, Scott (2021-03-26). "Business Source License (BSL 1.1) Adopted by Couchbase". The Couchbase Blog. Couchbase, Inc.Archived from the original on 2023-08-22. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
    8. ^ abAnderson, Scott (2022-02-25). "Couchbase Mobile changes source code license to BSL 1.1". The Couchbase Blog. Couchbase, Inc.Archived from the original on 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
    9. ^Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. "Elastic changes open-source license to monetize cloud-service use". ZDNet. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
    10. ^Vaughan-Nichols, Steven (2021-04-13). "OpenSearch: AWS rolls out its open source Elasticsearch fork". TechRepublic. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
    11. ^Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. "AWS, as predicted, is forking Elasticsearch". ZDNet. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
    12. ^"Elasticsearch is Open Source, Again". Elastic Blog. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
    13. ^"[Request] GPL Violation". Emby Community Blog. 2018-03-21. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
    14. ^ abcAnderson, Tim (2021-09-06). "Why we abandoned open source: LiveCode CEO on retreat despite successful kickstarter". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
    15. ^Dan Finlay (2020-08-20). "Evolving our License for the Next Wave of MetaMask Users". Consensys. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
    16. ^Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. (2019-01-16). "MongoDB "open-source" Server Side Public License rejected". ZDNet. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
    17. ^"MongoDB's licensing changes led Red Hat to drop the database from the latest version of its server OS". GeekWire. 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
    18. ^Larabel, Michael (2010-03-22). "Nexuiz Gets Forked, Turned Into Xonotic". Phoronix. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
    19. ^"October CMS Moves to Become a Paid Platform". October. 2021-04-12. Archived from the original on 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
    20. ^Laurent, Pierre-Edouard (2021-10-16). "Meilleur CMS (2022) : le comparatif des gestionnaires de contenus pour créer un site web". Clubic.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-22.
    21. ^"We have forked October CMS". wintercms.com. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
    22. ^"Attention! Security risk with OTRS 6!". OTRS. 2020-12-23. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
    23. ^"A new license for Paint.NET v3.5". 2009-11-07. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
    24. ^now a custom license granting broad use, redistribution, and modification rights, but assigning copyright to any version to Schrodinger, LLC.
    25. ^"PyMOL | pymol.org". pymol.org. Retrieved 2021-11-07. Open-Source Philosophy
      PyMOL is a commercial product, but we make most of its source code freely available under a permissive license. The open source project is maintained by Schrödinger and ultimately funded by everyone who purchases a PyMOL license.
      Open source enables open science.
      This was the vision of the original PyMOL author Warren L. DeLano.
    26. ^"schrodinger/pymol-open-source". GitHub. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
    27. ^"PyMOL Molecular Graphics System". SourceForge.
    28. ^"Open-Source PyMOL". Schrodinger, Inc. 2021-11-05. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
    29. ^Trollope, Rowan (2024-03-20). "Redis Adopts Dual Source-Available Licensing". Redis. Archived from the original on 2024-03-20. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
    30. ^"Linux Foundation Launches Open Source Valkey Community". Linux Foundation. 2024-03-28. Archived from the original on 2024-03-28. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
    31. ^darkcrizt (2023-07-06). "Sourcegraph abandons open source in favor of a proprietary license". LinuxAddict (Linux Adictos). Archived from the original on 2023-08-24. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
    32. ^Miller, Ron (2023-09-20). "Terraform fork gets renamed OpenTofu, and joins Linux Foundation". TechCrunch. Yahoo! Inc.Archived from the original on 2023-11-02. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
    33. ^Fay, Joe (2023-10-16). "HashiCorp CEO predicts OSS-free Silicon Valley unless the open source model evolves". The Stack. Archived from the original on 2023-10-29. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
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