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It's a pattern that works very well - many large companies have standing policies that they can't use copyleft licensed software so they have to get the paid li
by kybernetikos 6y ago
It's a pattern that works very well - many large companies have standing policies that they can't use copyleft licensed software so they have to get the paid license while those happy with the copyleft social contract get to enjoy and contribute for free.
- cercatrova 6y agoCorrect, although not every company shies away from copyleft, namely Amazon which will package your AGPL product wholesale and sell it. They are after all not required to open source their infrastructure code.
- chii 6y ago> package your AGPL product wholesale and sell it. if anyone has a problem with that, then they have a problem with software being open source. Or they are discriminatory and just don't want anyone they personally dont like to benefit.
- kybernetikos 6y ago> Or they are discriminatory and just don't want anyone they personally dont like to benefit. Which is their right as long as they are not discriminating against a protected class, as it's their work, but they should have put that in the license.