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Re:Dual licensing GPL for fame and profit by auggierose on Sunday October 04, 2020 @08:31AM (#24678510)
As far as I understand the NPOSL-3.0, cloud vendors would definitely count as for-profit, and therefore not be allowed to use the software, even in an aggregated way. They would have to obtain a separate license.
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Re:Dual licensing GPL for fame and profit by dragonwriter on Sunday October 04, 2020 @02:21PM (#24681076)
> As far as I understand the NPOSL-3.0, cloud vendors would definitely count as for-profit, and therefore not be allowed to use the software

The NPOSL doesn’t prohibit for profit licensees, it includes a declaration that the licensor is a nonprofit, which may (where true) in some jurisdictions increase the effectiveness of warranty disclaimers.

For-profit entities can use NPOSL software freely.

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Re:Dual licensing GPL for fame and profit by auggierose on Monday October 05, 2020 @03:25AM (#24685357)
My bad, misunderstood that! Thank you for clarifying this.
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Re:Dual licensing GPL for fame and profit by tannhaeuser on Sunday October 04, 2020 @08:46AM (#24678617)
Yes, but the sweet spot for many services is the ability to offer hosting while allowing self-hosting, free dev licenses, and third-party integrations. It's a particularly good no-brainer sales story to contrast with self-hosting dominated by admin/HR, and possibly hardware/data center costs.
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Re:Dual licensing GPL for fame and profit by auggierose on Sunday October 04, 2020 @08:59AM (#24678704)
I guess this spot is not so sweet when Amazon "self-hosts" your software. So you need to make up your mind.
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