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What's the point of non-commercial GPL? I'm not a hard line copyleft guy, but I don't understand why you would make something "open source" when its really free
by xj9 12y ago
What's the point of non-commercial GPL? I'm not a hard line copyleft guy, but I don't understand why you would make something "open source" when its really freeware.
- p8952 12y agoIndeed, not to mention the GPL explicitly forbids this[1]. The point of the GPL is to fight for the rights of the user, no matter if that user is a single hacker wanting to tinker with the code or a giant multinational wanting to use it for $$$. 1. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#NoMilitary https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#NoMilitary