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> I will never charge you to use, license, or obtain this software. Doing so would make me a jerk. Feeding your family or paying rent seem to be real jerk mov
by kybernetyk 12y ago
> I will never charge you to use, license, or obtain this software. Doing so would make me a jerk.
Feeding your family or paying rent seem to be real jerk moves then I guess.
- davidw 12y agoThere are other ways of feeding your family, and also, there are 'jerk' things that you wouldn't do to feed your family, because they're immoral. That said, I don't happen to view making proprietary software as immoral, and I don't like the judgmental tone of what he wrote either. And in any case, like drrotmos and others write, don't write your own license, it's generally a bad idea.
- dalke 12y agoBeing able to sell one's software is part of the four essential freedoms of free software. "Distributing free software is an opportunity to raise funds for development. Don't waste it!" - https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html My software is distributed under the MIT license. I charge money for customers to get access to the software. Therefore, I am a jerk under the terms of this license. The license claims that the software is both free and open source. It understands neither philosophy.