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Re:Mold may switch to non-commercial-only license by PetitSasquatch on Sunday November 13, 2022 @01:52PM (#33586118)
This is how it appears to me also.

I suspect by 'free', GNU licenses aren't really referring to user-freedom more so source-code-freedom.

It all depends on the developer's objectives, no doubt.

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Re:Mold may switch to non-commercial-only license by cannam on Sunday November 13, 2022 @02:08PM (#33586272)
Source-code freedom is user freedom. It's effectively a sort of guarantee.

The additional freedom that BSD licences provide is freedom for developers to do what they like, not anything to do with users.

(The biggest practical advantage of a BSD licence for most developers is that if you use one when publishing your code while you work for a company, you yourself will still be able to reuse that code after you leave.)

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Re:Mold may switch to non-commercial-only license by bentley on Sunday November 13, 2022 @07:31PM (#33588890)
Developers are users.
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Re:Mold may switch to non-commercial-only license by account42 on Monday November 14, 2022 @10:39AM (#33595556)
Which is why it makes sense for developers to license their code under licenses that guarantee user freedoms - so that they themselves can benefit.
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