@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 month agoOpen source is a fire-hose of value...lemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1573arrow-down115
arrow-up1558arrow-down1imageOpen source is a fire-hose of value...lemmy.sdf.org@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-square@LavenderDay3544link13•1 month agoYou can always release your software under the GPL and charge a licensing fee for an alternative proprietary license. Even the FSF and Richard Stallman are okay with that and it can absolutely be a viable and ethical business model.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-2•1 month agoSo it wasn’t open was it, it was now paid for to someone else?
You can always release your software under the GPL and charge a licensing fee for an alternative proprietary license. Even the FSF and Richard Stallman are okay with that and it can absolutely be a viable and ethical business model.
So it wasn’t open was it, it was now paid for to someone else?