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by dalke 3720 days ago
The first step is to realize that #1 and #3 are incompatible.

By definition, "open source" means people who acquire the software, including those who download it from its github project page, are allowed to use it for commercial purposes without paying for a license.

You cannot say that a project is "open source" if it has a license which restricts it to non-commercial purposes.