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Re:Mongoose OS – An Open Source Operating System for the Int... by tyingq on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @10:13AM (#14957910)
Sounds like they are trying to say you can't opt for the GPL if you plan on commercial use.

Not a lawyer, but I don't see how that flies. They could make their own GPL-like license with that clause added in. But using it as-is means it's open for commercial use, subject of course to the GPL terms. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLCommercially

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Re:Mongoose OS – An Open Source Operating System for the Int... by 5trokerac3 on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @11:21AM (#14958741)
They might argue that packaging a product with their OS and selling it is the equivalent of white labeling it, which might be technically true, considering the user would have no idea what's powering the thing.

It would be the equivalent of writing a GUI plugin for WordPress and trying to sell it as something like Squarespace.

Not that I agree with this possibility of Mongoose OS's approach. I don't at all, and think it would completely negate their "open source" claim, from a semantical standpoint.

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