The developers of the MinIO project, which develops high-performance object storage compatible with the Amazon S3 API, announced the transition of their repository to maintenance mode. From now on, only critical vulnerability fixes will be included in the open source codebase, while changes related to new functionality and bug fixes will remain in the closed repository, which is used to develop the commercial version. Users who require support or an actively maintained version are advised to migrate to the proprietary MinIO AIStor product.
MinIO developers have previously expressed dissatisfaction with the use of their developments in third-party proprietary products without complying with the AGPL license terms and without attribution (for example, one company attempted to sell a complete clone of MinIO, advertising it as more performant than MinIO). The current codebase remains licensed under the AGPL 3.0 license, and interested participants can fork it and develop it themselves. Existing open-source alternatives include AIStore, Garage, Ambry, SeaweedFS, RustFS, hs5, and Versity S3 Gateway.
Source: opennet.ru
