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So, are they just selling plain ol' non-free software? The "PRO" features seem to be ripping out the GPL libraries so they can link to MKL with a support contra

So, are they just selling plain ol' non-free software? The "PRO" features seem to be ripping out the GPL libraries so they can link to MKL with a support contract. I have hope this means that the paid version is also free software. https://juliacomputing.com/products/juliapro.html https://juliacomputing.com/products/juliapro.html

coldtea 9y ago
>So, are they just selling plain ol' non-free software? Or, as we used to call it, just "software". They're selling software.
- jordigh 9y ago
  Right, but selling non-free software isn't interesting for those of us who really want to see more businesses thrive around free software. If it's really impossible to make money without selling non-free software, then Julia isn't very interesting from an economic perspective. If Julia hasn't figured out how to make money without restricting customers via legal or technical means, trying to lock them in, or putting software in their machines that controls their machines without the full knowledge and consent of the users (i.e. source code and permission), then I'm not really interested in what they're doing economically.