Re:French Court Issues Damages Award for Violation of GPL
by kelnos on Monday March 04, 2024 @04:31PM
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> And why would you open source your software if not to take advantage of the contribution of others (in code or otherwise)?
Because some people do things for different reasons than you might?
I'm not the person you're replying to, and usually use GPL for things that I care about, and BSD 3-clause for things where I don't care so much. But I can see the appeal of a non-commercial license, about only allowing something for personal (or, say, non-profit) use, and refusing to allow anyone to profit monetarily off your work.
It's fine if you don't want to use something like that, but I think it's unfair to cast aspersions on the concept.
Because some people do things for different reasons than you might?
I'm not the person you're replying to, and usually use GPL for things that I care about, and BSD 3-clause for things where I don't care so much. But I can see the appeal of a non-commercial license, about only allowing something for personal (or, say, non-profit) use, and refusing to allow anyone to profit monetarily off your work.
It's fine if you don't want to use something like that, but I think it's unfair to cast aspersions on the concept.