A python scaling tool just kept its open source promise. burla 0.8.3, out september 19, flips its…
a python scaling tool just kept its open source promise. burla 0.8.3, out september 19, flips its source-available license to apache 2.0 after the two year clock ran out.
the relicensing promise held.
Context
The Burla repository page says it is licensed under the Functional Source License, Version 1.1, with Apache 2.0 Future License, and that each version becomes available under Apache 2.0 two years after its release. A third-party tracker at captnemo.in lists burla-cloud/burla at 0.8.3 as Apache-2.0 dated September 19, 2026.
The conversion is per version, so the note's flips its license overstates it, since current versions remain under FSL and only older versions convert. The note names version 0.8.3, which is consistent with a per-version clock, and it makes no project-wide claim. The September 19 date is the tracker's and is secondary, and no first-party announcement was read. A PyPI snippet shows a later 1.1.3 version, a later window. The relicensing promise held is the author's framing.
Watch next
- A first-party license statement from Burla.
Sources
- GitHub: Burla-Cloud/burlagithub.com
- captnemo.in: finally FOSS trackercaptnemo.in
Provenance
The note above is reproduced unedited from the original post, first published on Threads on 22 September 2026 at 22:38 IST. Sources are the papers and datasets the note draws on.
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