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Comment Re:Or Not (Score 1) 156

People don't get it.

Software Developers need to eat too.
There is no way I would release anything under 'AGPL' or even 'GPL' if it was important to my core business. How am I supposed to pay for a roof over my head!?

Nobody is forcing you to release anything under AGPL/GPL. You can write and release all the software you like without being restricted by these licenses - just don't use them. People who choose to use them 'get it' just fine. They benefit from other people's work and give back something in return. Some people even make a living doing it.

If you want to take someone else's GPL'd code, modify 1% and sell/support that - The GPL lets you do that. You just have to give that 1% back to the community. If you don't like that, write your own damn code from scratch! You don't normally have the right to use other people's code at all, the GPL gives you rights (with certain limitations), it doesn't take anything away.

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