The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source

Re:The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source by pc86 on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @10:24AM (#17818864)

> Without limiting other conditions in the License, the grant of rights under the License will not include, and the License does not grant to you, the right to Sell the Software.

> For purposes of the foregoing, “Sell” means...fees for hosting or consulting/ support services related to the Software...

Why anyone would ever use this license is beyond me. No paid hosted version. No paid consulting. No paid support.

I mean this is great for folks who have already made their money but for those of us with bills to pay, it's not exactly realistic.

[0] https://commonsclause.com/

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Re:The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source by njharman on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @10:27AM (#17818893)

> for those of us with bills to pay

Do you think the authors of the software you want to resell don't have bills to pay?

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