Comments by "Gilad Barlev" (@GSBarlev) on "FUTO Takes A New Stance On Open Source" video.

  1. Just go AGPL by default. Force companies to disclose that they're using your tool and share-alike all modifications and, arguably, all their strongly linked code.
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  2. I decided to become a monthly sponsor of elementaryOS a few years ago and recently did the math—at this point I've paid about twice as much for my Linux distro as I would have for a full-price Windows Pro license. To be fair, I use elementary on two systems and their Pantheon DE on two others, so I'm still coming out ahead. 😅
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  3. $300 for a full desktop application suite is pretty good (IIRC MS Office + Norton AV + OriginLab cost about that much ca 2006, and that's before adjusting for inflation), especially if it comes with software updates and especially if it comes with pretty darn permissive access to the source.
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  4. I think this is where dual-licensing can come in handy. Say I'm Fairphone or System76, and I want to ship some FUTO-developed apps on my devices. Could I pay FUTO a nominal royalty to grant me permission to do that?
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  5.  @yigitorhan7654  Oh, that's great! Thanks for the info.
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