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Re:Redis Labs Changes Its Open-Source License Again by xj9 on Thursday February 21, 2019 @08:23PM (#19222297)
> You use that NPM package? They have a donate button? You should be required to donate if you're a giant like Amazon/Microsoft/Google etc.

a license with these terms wouldn't conform to any definition of open source or free software. if you want that, go for it, but if you've licensed something with any libre license you are already consenting to allow anyone use your software for profit as long as they meet the license terms. you may or may not agree with this state of affairs, but adding these types of restrictions/requirements also means that you aren't doing open source or free software anymore.

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Re:Redis Labs Changes Its Open-Source License Again by anth_anm on Thursday February 21, 2019 @09:09PM (#19222517)
It doesn't, but it's also not a huge condition on freedom 0.

> https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html

Commercial purposes requires compensation doesn't sound unreasonable.

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Re:Redis Labs Changes Its Open-Source License Again by yarrel on Thursday February 21, 2019 @09:35PM (#19222642)
It breaks freedom 0.
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