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Comment by RobotToaster

2 years ago

>I am considering relicensing my tools under some sort of Attribution-ShareAlike license similar to the BY-SA the content on this site is licensed under.

Please don't use CC licenses for code, it's not what they are designed for and the CC actively discourages it[0]. Consider using the AGPL[1] or similar instead.

[0] https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-apply-a-creative-comm...

[1] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-affero-gpl.html

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p_l  2 years ago

AGPL wouldn't prevent any of the abuses he describes, though.

  • rmbyrro  2 years ago

    It's not an abuse. This is by design. It's one thing many don't get about Open Source. The goal is to not discriminate against any kind of use.

    If you want to discriminate users by how they use it, then you don't want open source.