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Re:GPL Time Bomb – an interesting approach to FOSS licensing by SamBam on Friday September 09, 2016 @11:43AM (#12463243)
> offer the source only to those who buy the binary

But don't the receivers of the source then have the same right to redistribute it without charging?

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Re:GPL Time Bomb – an interesting approach to FOSS licensing by randoramax on Friday September 09, 2016 @06:21PM (#12466468)
And why would they do that? Try know well that they get support and features from the author, they gain nothing from sharing something they paid for. There is no economic incentive
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