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by waihtis 1094 days ago
I think there's still a difference of using small libraries which contribute to a single or couple functions here and there, versus taking an entire open source product and wrapping a commercial structure on top of it. Could be hypocrisy on my behalf though
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If you don't want that to happen, then don't release your software as free software. Use a CC-NC license or something similar.
I'm not nearly talented enough to build something open source someone else would want to commercialize
Those small libraries of “Hey, I figured this out so you don’t have to” aren’t asking for $10,000/mo. in support. The issue is open source software projects that become monetized by another company as a product for profit without following the Red Hat model of supporting the project.