Ian McMahon wrote: > I'm very new to the game, and I probably don't understand all the details and > politics around this discussion, but: > > I'm assuming the concern is over the potential over-restriction of GPL? > Creative Commons seems to be the best route in terms of disentangling > licensing complexity, and I feel like CC-BY (by attribution) or CC-BY-SA > (sharealike) would make the most sense. It doesn't make sense to restrict > commercial use, because there are plenty of people who want to be able to use > linuxcnc to control machines in commercial settings, or perhaps package and > sell linuxcnc controls as a commercial endeavor. Oh, yes, a restriction on commercial use would be a disaster! I use it in commercial service, and I know a lot of others do, including Stuart Stevenson, where we are having our meeting in a couple weeks. So, that is a total non-starter. > Restricting commercial use somewhat invalidates linuxcnc's purpose, in my > mind. > > Not "somewhat"!
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