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by kenmacd 1905 days ago
> It's not like it "switches to even more free": it is presently nonfree.

It's free for any use-case I'm concerned with. I can modify the source, self-host it, and run thousands of nodes through it if I want. All I can't do is take their work, slap my name on it, and sell it.

If that was your intent then VPNCloud is even less free. The GPL3 license means you could never host a closed-source version.
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sneak 1905 days ago
That's false. The GPL allows for running a service with a closed source fork.

It's the AGPL that prohibits this, which is why I consider the AGPL nonfree.

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kenmacd 1904 days ago
Okay, well then replace service with sell device with the code in it, or put any type of DRM on a device using the code.

The point being that any license is going to have some amount of:

> restricts the freedoms of the world to build upon, adapt, and use the software for any purpose.

It's just up to if you like the terms or not.

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