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Re:“I wish I could have licensed the Id source code releases... by ognarb on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @03:08AM (#27745057)
Blender, Krita, Wordpress, Drupal, Nextcloud and many other projects are commercial and (A)GPL. As long as you share the sources of your modifications, you are free to use their code.
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Re:“I wish I could have licensed the Id source code releases... by paavohtl on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @05:31AM (#27745991)
All of the projects you mentioned except Nextcloud are owned and developed by non-profits.
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Re:“I wish I could have licensed the Id source code releases... by marcodiego on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @09:07AM (#27747994)
I'm sure paid developers are not only doing so out of altruism.
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Re:“I wish I could have licensed the Id source code releases... by x4e on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @12:10PM (#27750429)
And? The point is that they are still able to operate commercially and collect revenue.
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