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freedom of its users due to its virality (GPL). |
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SvarCOM is released under the terms of a liberal and permissive (MIT) license |
that does not impose limitations on how users may or may not use the software. |
that does not impose limitations on how users may or may not use the software, |
it only asks for credits to be provided where credit is due. |
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I am aware that this section, and its slightly provocating title, may trigger |
reactions from GPL enthusiasts, hence let me explain with more words. I enjoy |
creating software and I publish it for others to use for free. Should someone |
wish to extend SvarCOM with an extra feature and decide not to publish the |
source code along with the modified version, that's fine by me. My code is |
still open and free. Theirs is not, but its their work, so I find it fair that |
they have the freedom to decide how to distribute it. I certainly do not wish |
to impose my views on others. |
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