On Mon, 28 Aug 2017 08:18:56 +0200 Jonas Oberg jonas@fsfe.org wrote:
Hi Hellekin,
I'm referring to 'commercial utilization' as used in the context of what Moritz quoted.
Thank you. I think the context is a bit muddled as it somehow seems to suggest the GPL is unsuitable for commercial utilization.
On the contrary, I suggested that 'commercial utilization', in this context, and probably others, is used to mask a practice that is unfair and anti-competitive. Often I use very concise language that can be misinterpreted. To clarify, I think the argument, already developed in 1998 by ESR and the 'open-source' folks, that free software is not suitable for commerce is a fallacy. See for example: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html
we should make clear all countries, big and small, benefit from copyleft licenses.
Yes.