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minus-squaretheunknownmuncher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoThere is no contradiction between GPL and making some side income.
minus-squareAzzu@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoIn 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.
minus-squareSlurpingPus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoTop-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.
There is no contradiction between GPL and making some side income.
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.
Top-level comment:
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.