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by Brian_K_White 976 days ago
I was going to say that no one said everything had to be only open source, but of course one person did say that, but hardly anyone else.

And getting Jeff'd is not a problem. If you care about getting Jeff'd, then you simply want to sell software instead of create software. So go forth and sell, and don't pretend all the people who wrote those open source licences and live by them just somehow don't get the realities of life. They do. In fact they get things people like these guys don't. It's fine to have that weakness and just decide to sell under the traditional 80's terms, but don't pretend it's required and forced upon you and anyone else who chooses not to do the same somehow doesn't also live in reality.