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by j1elo 2071 days ago
Because then everybody will jump at you and shout "OMG you don't allow for repackaging, don't ever dare to imply that your code is Open Source with all the permissions and liberties that your free labor should grant, so we don't have interest in your shitty proprietary stuff and will never check it out".

As seen on HN multiple times.

Which is what the parent refers to with the more politely put "either your fault for using a permissive license OR shame on you for not using a permissive license"

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We know that building a business is hard. There is no silver bullet that provides both the adoption rates of OSS and the monetizability of proprietary software. So you pick one, and live with the consequences.
Which is why I either go commercial or hard line GPL.

Don't want to pay me? Well get payed the same way.

There are plenty of business opportunities for commercial software, it is just hard and takes effort, like everything in life.