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Re:The world needs a software bill of materials by pessimizer on Sunday March 21, 2021 @09:54AM (#26530450)
That's not Open Source software, that's proprietary software whose source you let people read.

If you want to force people to contribute back if they distribute, make your software Free, if you want to force people to pay you, make your software proprietary.

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Re:The world needs a software bill of materials by Shared404 on Sunday March 21, 2021 @10:37AM (#26530773)
Free as in Speech, not Free as in Beer.

It is perfectly possible to charge for open source software.

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