Open Source Business Found Parasitic, and the ADCL

[John Cowan]

maa at liacc.up.pt scripsit:

> I think my license overcomes this seeming incompatibility. I still fail to see 
> how requiring a fee for commercial use hinders the "nature of Open Source".

You cannot charge it by way of royalty, because you cannot control sale.
You cannot charge it by way of use restrictions, because you have no way
of imposing them that will stick.

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