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Re:RethinkDB Relicensed under Apache 2.0 by j-pb on Monday February 06, 2017 @10:21AM (#13580182)
What if the end user is a developer?
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Re:RethinkDB Relicensed under Apache 2.0 by EGreg on Monday February 06, 2017 @10:45AM (#13580458)
See my comment below about that.

The developer who wants to combine with closed source can contact us and work out a special deal. It's only fair. They want to be compensated for spending their time, then so do we.

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Re:RethinkDB Relicensed under Apache 2.0 by greyman on Monday February 06, 2017 @12:32PM (#13581783)
Yes, but then don't talk about "freedom to use"... if something else must be done before that usage.
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Re:RethinkDB Relicensed under Apache 2.0 by EGreg on Monday February 06, 2017 @02:10PM (#13582815)
It isn't freedom to use unconditionally. It's freedom to use if you do same as we did for you.
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