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Re:Relicensing React, Jest, Flow, and Immutable.js by coldtea on Saturday September 23, 2017 @12:38PM (#15320460)
>A common misconception is that under GPL all your code must be released to the public. This is not true. You only have to give code to the user after purchase. Now, it's true that the user could then upload your software to the public (under gpl), but many of the issues surrounding that (such as lost sales #) aren't as bad as people imagine they are

Really?

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Re:Relicensing React, Jest, Flow, and Immutable.js by rwmj on Saturday September 23, 2017 @01:13PM (#15320674)
The company I work for seems to be doing OK:

https://finance.google.co.uk/finance?q=NYSE:RHT

We actively buy proprietary companies and relicense their software under free software licenses.

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Re:Relicensing React, Jest, Flow, and Immutable.js by coldtea on Saturday September 23, 2017 @01:15PM (#15320683)
That's because they don't sell software, they sell support and services.

Now, about actual software as a product success stories, where you don't sell to companies that need someone to blame (and thus opt for support contracts)?

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