Why you should build an open-source startup

Re:Why you should build an open-source startup by DarkShikari on Friday May 20, 2011 @03:59PM (#2569219)

I just find it striking how people want to give their product (source code) away for free, without limitation.

I'm pretty sure that typical open source licenses, such as the GPL, count as a "limitation".

Disclosure: I run a company that sells software which is also available under the GPL.

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Re:Why you should build an open-source startup by droz on Friday May 20, 2011 @04:21PM (#2569306)

by limitation, I was thinking in terms of the number of instances of that code out in the wild.

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Re:Why you should build an open-source startup by DarkShikari on Friday May 20, 2011 @04:25PM (#2569314)

Under the GPL, the number of instances of that library, when linked to and distributed as part of a proprietary application, is limited to "zero".

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