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> I also want my software to be used by hackers and hobbyists for free, but I want anyone making a profit on it to pay me. All I can say to such things is that

by sneak 3y ago

> I also want my software to be used by hackers and hobbyists for free, but I want anyone making a profit on it to pay me. All I can say to such things is that I'm glad Linus didn't take this approach.

stavros 3y ago
I guess he didn't have to worry that AWS would sell his kernel as a service for ridiculous profit.
- sneak 3y ago
  They do precisely that: it's called EC2.