• @WolfLink@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I know. It’s obviously better for the consumer, but it makes it harder to base your business around it, as noted in that article.

      So if I want to build a business, I have to look for libraries that are not copy left, and if I want businesses to use my software, I should not license my software as copy left.

      • poVoqOP
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        141 year ago

        These days selling the software itself is rarely successful nor a particularly good business model. Basically only computer games still work like that, and the commercially really successful ones not any more either.

        • @jnk@sh.itjust.works
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          31 year ago

          Hard agree on this. Sell software and services to companies, only sell services to end users. I believe both selling your service as a dev and selling a service behind a free app are compatible with copyleft.