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A comment on RethinkDB Relicensed under Apache 2.0. Parent comment

Re:RethinkDB Relicensed under Apache 2.0 by baq on Monday February 06, 2017 @11:50AM (#13581284)
GPL makes the code free. The permissive licenses make the developers free.
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Re:RethinkDB Relicensed under Apache 2.0 by webmaven on Monday February 06, 2017 @11:59AM (#13581408)
GPL makes the code free in perpetuity, and therefore the users free from developers (or, more precisely, from those who hire developers).
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