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[-] LavenderDay3544@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

You can always release your software under the GPL and charge a licensing fee for an alternative proprietary license. Even the FSF and Richard Stallman are okay with that and it can absolutely be a viable and ethical business model.

So it wasn't open was it, it was now paid for to someone else?

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