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A comment on Ask HN: Somebody is trying to profit off of something that I released for free. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Somebody is trying to profit off of something tha... by kwerty on Monday May 14, 2012 @09:50PM (#3974445)
I didn't even consider it, as I created the app for fun and just wanted to put it out there.

I looked at some of the various types of licenses but I have no idea which one I should be using.

My main concern is to prevent people from trying to profit from the software. Any suggestions?

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Re:Ask HN: Somebody is trying to profit off of something tha... by debacle on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @09:21AM (#3976400)
BSD/MIT (and maybe Apache?): People can take your stuff and resell it.

GPL/LGPL: People can't take your stuff and use it in any way whatsoever without making what they make with it open source as well.

That may be a broad generalization, but it's mostly true.

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