[teddyh]

> There is nothing wrong with developing software and selling it.

Sure, but the FSF (and others) may have an opinion on the license given to the paying customers, in order to not restrict them.

Otherwise, spot on; Open source is not a business model: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32287432>

<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31293455>

[zrail]

A beautiful thing about the world is that you don't have to care at all what the FSF have opinions on if you don't want to. The license you choose to provide to your users is between you and them.

[hutzlibu]

Yes, but please don't call it open source then, if it isn't open in the way, that people expect.

[ozim]

From what I understand from reading this thread - that is the whole point of “nothing wrong with making and selling software” - it does not and most likely should not be open source or called open source. Where only reasons for slapping open source on project is free marketing and “being cool”.