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Ugg. So tired of this misunderstanding of GPL... You can sell GPL software! All BSD/MIT does is allow it to end up tivoized and remove power from the user. GP
by arminiusreturns 7y ago
Ugg. So tired of this misunderstanding of GPL...
You can sell GPL software!
All BSD/MIT does is allow it to end up tivoized and remove power from the user. GPL is freedom for the user. BSD is freedom for the dev. Not all users are devs, but all devs are users. Users should take precedence.
- ajconway 7y agoUltimately, BSD is less restrictive than GPL. Users won't have any power if they don't have software to use. It just happens that BSD (or similar) licenses are easier to deal with when developing things.
- arminiusreturns 7y agoI am open to and find some merit in the argument that users could just fork, etc. Using GPL does seem to favor certain profit models more than others inherently, but non are exclusive, and there have been quite a few GPL success stories money wise out there. I really like RedHat for this reason. It shows that it is the service and support, and the act of maintaining software, that makes it's money, and their books are open so you can see exactly how it works. A comparable startup/project probably won't get VC'd into a unicorn, but there is plenty of room for growth in the GPL software for sale along with service and support category.