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Open source is a fire-hose of value... (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You can always release your software under the GPL and charge a licensing fee for an alternative proprietary license. Even the FSF and Richard Stallman are okay with that and it can absolutely be a viable and ethical business model.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 weeks ago

So it wasn't open was it, it was now paid for to someone else?

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