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I'm so torn on GPL... It prevents bad actors like Apple from ripping off people's philanthropic labor, but it also prevents me from ripping off people's labor.
by hospitalJail 3y ago
I'm so torn on GPL...
It prevents bad actors like Apple from ripping off people's philanthropic labor, but it also prevents me from ripping off people's labor. It also focuses effort onto the FOSS project.
I like PyQts solution of having GPL or buy a commercial license.
I suppose I still like MIT/Apache style the best. Even if someone rips them off, we didn't lose progress.
- mattl 3y agoWhy do you want to rip off people's labor? What's stopping you from incorporating it into your own work?
- hospitalJail 3y agoI mean: Compile already working code, slap my logo on it, spend millions of dollars marketing it with young good looking adults subliminally letting you know that you aren't cool unless you give me money.
- ENGNR 3y agoAt least you’re honest!
- justinclift 3y agoDid you miss that they're being sarcastic? ;)
- hospitalJail 3y agoI wasnt.... But I also don't have the ethics to do this. You'd need a real psycho to do this...
- GuB-42 3y agoYou can do that with GPL code. Make your logo a trademark so that others can't use it. It doesn't violate GPL because trademarks are not copyright, and make sure your marketing campaign drives home the point that you are the real deal and all others are ripoffs (including the original). I mean, people manage to sell bottled water to people who have perfectly good and 1000 times cheaper tap water.