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Re:Commons Clause by sciurus on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @09:21PM (#17815432)
I don't understand how a copyright license can restrict consulting. If Redis Labs distributes redis to Alice, and Alice hires Bob for redis consulting, neither Alice or Bob are distributing Redis so the license terms are irrelevant to them.
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Re:Commons Clause by zaroth on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @11:29PM (#17816065)
I second this. How could a software license prevent me from learning about how a piece of software works and selling my own knowledge and experience to a third party.

IANAL but I couldn’t possibly need a license to install/redistribute Redis to talk to someone about how Redis works.

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