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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/51038205

What are your thoughts? Any counter-counter points to the author's response to most concerns regarding open source?

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[โ€“] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would like to see a commonly used "Not Free For Corporations" license. Something a bit like the GPL; this is my copyrighted code, I'm offering the source code for others to examine, use, modify, redistribute, if you redistribute it it must have these same license terms. I would add it is free of charge for personal, educational, and small business commercial use, it is available on a per instance subscription basis for corporations. My work may not be used for the profit of shareholders unless I get a hefty piece of that pie.

[โ€“] chebra@mstdn.io 2 points 1 month ago

@captain_aggravated @HiddenLayer555 but those things exist, of course. And they have a name: "Proprietary"