▲ 758 ▼ hardcore leftist ideology (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 weeks ago by Someplaceunknown@leminal.space to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world 187 comments fedilink hide all child comments Mastodon
[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) There is no contradiction between GPL and making some side income. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Azzu@leminal.space 20 points 3 weeks ago* (2 children) In fact, it's more likely, since for example, you could make corporations pay for being able to use your code under a different license. If it was MIT, they can just use it and give you fuck all. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 5too@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Or, as the SME on it, you can offer paid support for it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago You could literally sell the unchanged Linux kernel, the GPL allows that as long as you abide by the other provisions. Convincing someone they should pay for something that you also have to provide for free might be a tad difficult but it wouldn't be against the license permalink fedilink source parent [–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago* Top-level comment: damn do I love using MIT projects in my hobby code projects, and hmm it would be nice to make some side income with said hobby project I don't think that commenter can sell a project under a non-GPL license if they use someone else's GPL library in it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Azzu@leminal.space 20 points 3 weeks ago* (2 children) In fact, it's more likely, since for example, you could make corporations pay for being able to use your code under a different license. If it was MIT, they can just use it and give you fuck all. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 5too@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Or, as the SME on it, you can offer paid support for it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago You could literally sell the unchanged Linux kernel, the GPL allows that as long as you abide by the other provisions. Convincing someone they should pay for something that you also have to provide for free might be a tad difficult but it wouldn't be against the license permalink fedilink source parent [–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago* Top-level comment: damn do I love using MIT projects in my hobby code projects, and hmm it would be nice to make some side income with said hobby project I don't think that commenter can sell a project under a non-GPL license if they use someone else's GPL library in it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 5too@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Or, as the SME on it, you can offer paid support for it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago You could literally sell the unchanged Linux kernel, the GPL allows that as long as you abide by the other provisions. Convincing someone they should pay for something that you also have to provide for free might be a tad difficult but it wouldn't be against the license permalink fedilink source parent
[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago You could literally sell the unchanged Linux kernel, the GPL allows that as long as you abide by the other provisions. Convincing someone they should pay for something that you also have to provide for free might be a tad difficult but it wouldn't be against the license permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago* Top-level comment: damn do I love using MIT projects in my hobby code projects, and hmm it would be nice to make some side income with said hobby project I don't think that commenter can sell a project under a non-GPL license if they use someone else's GPL library in it. permalink fedilink source parent
