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For the same reason you are allowed to sell open source software.
by gnopgnip 8y ago
For the same reason you are allowed to sell open source software.
- luckylion 8y agoAre you allowed to claim that the software you're selling is proprietary, owned and copyrighted by you and then go after people that obtained them from the source (or are the original creator of said software)? Because that appears to be what Getty is doing.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoOpen Source != Public Domain
- geofft 8y agoMost open source licenses have an attribution and license-preservation clause specifically so buyers know that the software contains things derived from OSS code. I can certainly sell you ReallyCoolSSL which is just a rebranding of OpenSSL, but you're going to see the OpenSSL license and then go wonder what OpenSSL is. Works in the public domain do not have a license and therefore do not have this obligation to tell people what's going on.