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2026-05-15 00:17 UTC
@meena@cathode.church True, but you give away the rights with a promise from the third party to give away. Suing is expensive, getting paid up front is more efficient. And suing gets the lawyers rich and leaves nothing for the developers/maintainers. Pretty much all the experience to date suggests it doesn't work to operate in that mode.
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@ChuckMcManis@chaos.social 2026-05-15 00:52
@meena@cathode.church By having an 'open' but non 'free' license, you can tell corporation X, sure you can use it IF you pay us $x/year. During that time you are free to use the software in your product. The project gets money, nobody has to sue anybody unless they fail to pay after signing the contract. You can tell user Y, sure you can use this software without fee. Apriori control of use is the difference here.