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Re:Wordpress.org bans WP Engine, blocks it from accessing it... by poincaredisk on Thursday September 26, 2024 @09:17PM (#41665333)
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).

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Re:Wordpress.org bans WP Engine, blocks it from accessing it... by consteval on Friday September 27, 2024 @11:58AM (#41672144)
> 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.

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