@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 5 months agoOpen source is a fire-hose of value...lemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1595
arrow-up1595imageOpen source is a fire-hose of value...lemmy.sdf.org@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 5 months agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•5 months agoYou can always release your software under the GPL and charge a licensing fee for an alternative proprietary license. Even the FSF and Richard Stallman are okay with that and it can absolutely be a viable and ethical business model.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoSo it wasn’t open was it, it was now paid for to someone else?
You can always release your software under the GPL and charge a licensing fee for an alternative proprietary license. Even the FSF and Richard Stallman are okay with that and it can absolutely be a viable and ethical business model.
So it wasn’t open was it, it was now paid for to someone else?