The bmannconsulting.com website
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2link: https://opensource.org/licenses/
3tags:
4 - opensource
5 - licensing
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7The [[OSI]] keeps a list of approved licenses.
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9Fair licenses, non-commercial licenses, ethical licenses, and similar licenses are not approved.
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11For fair / non-commercial licenses that require businesses that make money to pay for a license, they don’t comply because they “discriminate” against businesses using the code without contributing back — [[Open Source Definition#6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor]]
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13I’ve written more at [[Open Source Licensing]]