List of formerly open-source or free software

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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
TitleOrig. free dateLicense change dateInitial free licenseNon-free license Forked replacementNotes
Akka 20092022 Apache-2.0 Business Source License [1] [2]
ArangoDB 20112023 Apache-2.0 Business Source License [3]
Aseprite 20012016 GPL-2.0 EULA that permits personal use but forbids redistribution [4] LibreSprite
CockroachDB 20152019 Apache-2.0 Business Source License [5]
Consul 20142023 [6] MPL-2.0 Business Source License [6]
Couchbase Server 20102021 Apache-2.0 Business Source License [7]
Couchbase Mobile 2022 [8] Apache-2.0 Business Source License [8]
Elasticsearch 20102021 Apache-2.0 "Elastic License" and Server Side Public License [9] [10] [11] OpenSearch Added AGPL v3.0 on 29 August 2024 [12]
Emby 20142018 GPL-2.0 Source code closed on December 8, 2018. [13] Jellyfin
FBReader 20132015 GPL-2.0-or-later Apparently the number of devs was limited, and they all agreed to relicense it.[ citation needed ]
LiveCode 20132021 [14] GPL-3.0-only proprietary [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]
LiveJournal 19992014 GPL-2.0-or-later The source code was made private in 2014. Dreamwidth
MetaMask 20162020 MIT Custom proprietary "non-commercial use only" license. [15]
MongoDB 20092018 AGPL-3.0-only Server Side Public License [16] [17]
Nexuiz 20052012 GPL-2.0-or-later Game 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]
OctoberCMS 20142021 MIT Cited the sustainability of its open source model as a factor. [19] Winter [20] [21]
OTRS 20012020 GPL-3.0-or-later Support for the Community Edition dropped on December 23, 2020, [22] Znuny
Paint.NET 20042007 MIT freeware license that prohibits modification or resale [23]
PyMOL 20002010 MIT-CMU [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]
Reddit 20082017 CPAL-1.0 Source code was made private in 2017, as the internal codebase had already diverged significantly from the public one.
Redis 20092024 BSD-3-Clause dual: custom license and Server Side Public License [29] Valkey [30]
Sourcegraph 20132023 Apache-2.0 proprietary [31]
Terraform 20142023 [6] MPL-2.0 Business Source License [6] OpenTofu [32] HashiCorp founder considered the move "tragic for open source innovation." [33]
Tux Racer 20002002 GPL-2.0-or-later Commercial expansion by original authors, also called Tux Racer. Extreme Tux Racer (formerly PlanetPenguin Racer)
Vagrant 20102023 [6] MIT Business Source License [6]

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