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They could modify and fork it, but they would also have to release the source code of their full project. That makes it a no-go for regular commercial projects.
by TomVDB 7y ago
They could modify and fork it, but they would also have to release the source code of their full project. That makes it a no-go for regular commercial projects.
At least, that's my interpretation: it's always a struggle to apply software oriented licenses to hardware.
- antisemiotic 7y agoLast time I checked, "freedom to include the code in a proprietary product" was not among the freedoms considered essential by the FSF. So GPL with an option to get a commercial license would, at worst, make it free but not open-source.