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Fix up some typos I caught on subsequent readings

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A link was sent my way to the [Redis Labs "Commons
Clause"](https://redislabs.com/community/commons-clause/), which definitely
raised my eyebrow. While the Commons Clause, as defined by Redis Labs, does
not apply to Redis itself, but is applied to their [other non-closed source
not apply to Redis itself, it is applied to their [non-closed source
software](https://redislabs.com/community/oss-projects/).
The relevant and interesting text of the "Commons Clause" is as follows:
@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ malicious.
## A path forward
In my discussion with Mo, he raised a good question which deserves an answer,
paraphrased: _What should a commpany, which has invested heavily in open
paraphrased: _What should a company, which has invested heavily in open
source, do when a vendor like AWs significantly erodes the potential to realize
value from that company's work?_
@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ their investment.
While Elasticsearch is open source, I think it would be
shrewd for Elastic to utilize their ability to support Elasticsearch and
ownership of of the trademark to negotiate a deal with a cloud vendor to:
ownership of the trademark to negotiate a deal with a cloud vendor to:
* Ease support burden for the cloud vendor and provide strong levels of custom
integration
@ -242,15 +242,16 @@ potential forks and the subsequent loss of control.
I don't think it's possible to have it both ways here.
I cannot imagine why anybody would bother contributing to any of these pieces
of software, The bad taste this move is leaving in the mouths of many I
think has damaged both the Redis Labs, and by proxy, the Redis brand
of software, The bad taste this move is leaving in the mouths of many has
damaged both the Redis Labs, and by proxy, the Redis brand. It is unclear what
market value those perceptions hold, but I'm certain they're non-zero.
---
Building any business is difficult, all the logistics and challenges of
building a product aside, finding product/market fit is difficult.
Additionally, building a business around free and open source software is
difficult in different ways than most seem to appreciate. My
building a product aside, finding product/market fit is difficult. Building a
business around free and open source software is also difficult, but in
different ways than most seem to appreciate. My
employer, [CloudBees](https://cloudbees.com) is one such company endeavoring to
build around open source software and we have frequent discussions about what
is reasonable for the Jenkins community and what is reasonable for the