Re:Wordpress.org bans WP Engine, blocks it from accessing it...
by poincaredisk on Thursday September 26, 2024 @09:17PM
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If the rule is "take one" and someone takes everything, than a rule is in fact breached. In your example the candy bowl is explicitly marked as "take as much as you want" and someone does. If you don't want that, label it appropriately next year.
I'm this case, the license explicitly allows everyone to use the software for free. I don't understand your candy analogies. If you're not OK with people using your software for free, use a commercial license (or a dual licensing model, or one of a hundred possible solutions other than a free license).
Re:Wordpress.org bans WP Engine, blocks it from accessing it...
by consteval on Friday September 27, 2024 @11:58AM
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> I'm this case, the license explicitly allows everyone to use the software for free.
Has absolutely 0 to do with open source. The software was, and is, GPL.
This is about using free web APIs. Yes you will get banned for that, on absolutely any service. Don't believe me? Try it out.
Ultimately it's a matter of common sense. Sure, if I leave out my "take one" bowl on Halloween and someone takes it all, there's no rules against that. But next year I might be more cautious and hand out the candy myself - now what?
If you've built a business off taking all my candy and reselling it, you're fucked! If you had just been less greedy and taken, say, 10 instead of the whole bowl I might not have cared.