xia@lemmy.sdf.org to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agoOpen source is a fire-hose of value...lemmy.sdf.orgexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1591arrow-down114
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minus-squareLavenderDay3544@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·8 days 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-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·7 days 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?