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Like to publish under the Apache 2.0 license when I can, because no one can predict the public or commercial use-cases 5 years from now. Also, I tend to look a
by Joel_Mckay 4y ago
Like to publish under the Apache 2.0 license when I can, because no one can predict the public or commercial use-cases 5 years from now. Also, I tend to look at software as being transitory in nature, and only the underlying algorithm reincarnates if proven useful (the GNU is likely immortal).
The shareware model of the 1980's stopped being a viable business plan a long time ago. Also, most recent Desktop Application utilities have been replaced by mobile app users (IRC became twitter, BBS became facebook, usenet forsale became ebay, email became webmail or telegram... and so on... and so on..)
The only time we tend to close software is for business reasons where IP release would cause market fragmentation and or sales degradation. i.e. a lesson the 187+ fart app publishers would never understand.