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Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit... by astrange on Sunday October 29, 2023 @04:39PM (#38062545)
It's funny because the GPL is not anti-profit, as there's two very natural models for it: one where you sell commercial licenses for people who can't use GPL software, and one where you sell support and development contracts for it.
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Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit... by pydry on Sunday October 29, 2023 @06:55PM (#38063681)
It isnt anti the concept of profit, it just had the effect of chewing through a lot of profit margins. The GPL was responsible for breaking Microsoft's desktop OS monopoly, for instance.

A watered down FSF run by an inoffensive do-nothing would be a better outcome for big tech than leaving him in charge. Hence the all the attempts to cancel him, including via cynically hijacking #metoo.

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