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hunghung wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2019 11:55 amImagine I'm a small software development company, e.g: I'm selling Image Manipulation software, and I'm using a library to process raw image. Would you prefer this library to be GPL or BSD? Do you want to open source everything because it's derived work from this library? Don't said about how your competitors could benefit from this. Imagine the Redhat situation, a random guy take your code and rebranded it with another name and turn back to compete with you? Or he would provide it free. And your product cost money. What would the customer choose? Do you really want this? Don't said with me you will sell support like Redhat does, it's utterly nonsense for this kind of software.
I am politically opposed to the capitalist system so the fact that the GPL prevents companies from milking the code for profit at the expense of it's users is most definitely a benefit for me.
hunghung wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2019 11:55 amI would donate money back to library developer and consider contributing back the part I don't think could harm my business but I will never open source my software.
The GPL exists to protect software users from people like you.
hunghung wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2019 11:55 amYou said with the perspective of the customer.
No, I am speaking from the perspective of the user
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