On commercial forks of FOSS projects

Drew DeVault · 18 Dec 2021

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Free software is meant to be exploited commercially, and the licence’s terms are the whole of what a company owes in return.

Their wordsFree software is designed to be used commercially, but you have to do it correctly. This is a resource which is made available to companies who want to exploit it, but they must do so according to the terms of the licenses.

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