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Comment by gabemart

> I suppose being open source doesn't stop you from giving user licenses for money, though. True, people can just use your program by violating your license.

I don't follow your argument here. To qualify as "Open Source" rather than "source available", people have to be free to modify and redistribute the source code. So even if you charge for a license, there's nothing to stop the first licensee redistributing for free. In other words, if it's open source, people can use the program for free without violating your license.

parent gabemart 12 years ago

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