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Re:AWS forked my project and launched it as its own service by dooglius on Friday October 16, 2020 @02:37PM (#24803692)
It says

>Instead, we strongly encourage you to use one of the very good software licenses which are already available

But as far as I am aware, there are no comparable software licenses that prohibit commercial use. So, the CC NC licenses seem to be the only option here, even if supposedly imperfect.

Do you have an example of an ambiguity with regard to non-commercial use?

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Re:AWS forked my project and launched it as its own service by greensoap on Friday October 16, 2020 @03:06PM (#24803960)
Heather Meeker, a great legal mind in the open source world, helped create this license: https://commonsclause.com/

You might consider whether it serves your intended goals.

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