> I find the distinction between libraries and applications to be rather self serving. It's basically saying "I want to use these open source libraries to boot

> I find the distinction between libraries and applications to be rather self serving. It's basically saying "I want to use these open source libraries to bootstrap my business, but I don't believe others should be able to use my code in an open source way because apps should have profit". I generally believe that people should get a reward for the work they do. For me personally the rewards I got for my work on Flask, Jinja and many of my Open Source libraries was non monetary but awesome on many other levels. I got to travel to many countries, speak at conference, and I got a lot of experience and exposure through it. I am content. However I know from many people that they wish they could also make a living from Open Source libraries and I do not have an answer to that — yet? I believe the BSL is an answer for applications, I don't think it works for libraries because of the reasons mentioned. I wish I had an answer however for people that want to live off their Open Source work. The line might be arbitrary for some, but it's not arbitrary for me.