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1) exactly 2) reselling most open-source code is theft under the licenses in common use. 3) maybe, but on this forum of rather clever people, I assume people
by rpmisms 3y ago
1) exactly
2) reselling most open-source code is theft under the licenses in common use.
3) maybe, but on this forum of rather clever people, I assume people mean what they say.
- roenxi 3y ago> reselling most open-source code is theft under the licenses in common use. That doesn't sound like any OSS license in common use; and one of the freedoms that FOSS licenses preserve is the freedom to sell software. Which license do you think they're in violation of? > maybe, but on this forum of rather clever people, I assume people mean what they say. That is a bad assumption. People often mis-speak and there is nothing that protects against that. When people make a claim that isn't true, it is prudent to seek clarification in the first instance to prevent misunderstandings. Particularly when dealing with cross-cultural institutions where the management presumably speak Chinese.
- Dalewyn 3y ago>reselling most open-source code is theft under the licenses in common use. Free-as-in-libre is different from free-as-in-beer. However, I do agree when the majority of FOSS consumers speak of it the F stands for free-as-in-beer, not free-as-in-libre, and tar and feather anyone who would dare pay or take money.