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For questions that deals with freedoms normally provided and/or guaranteed by Free and Open Software.
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Is it a violation of the GPL (or any other license) for Linux images on Azure to have 'plans...
It sounds like these are all business-logic rules of Azure's VM-orchestration software. Since the software within the VM is GPL-licensed, you are legally free to download it and use it in a totally di …
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What does Richard Stallman refer to when he talks about a PS3 compelled update?
This is surely a reference to the PS3's OtherOS feature, which was removed in firmware update 3.21 around April 2010.
When originally released, the PS3 could boot and install Linux-based operating sys …
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Are there consequences of publishing software under a free or open source license?
In general, there's no more or less consequence to publishing controversial proprietary software than there is for free software. Regardless of how you license it, software is software, and people wil …
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Can a free software (as in free speech) be not free (as in free beer)?
What freedoms you provide to a recipient of a piece of software is orthogonal to what price you charge to transfer a copy of that software to someone. …
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If I make extensive changes to open source software and open source my changes, can I charge...
Is it no longer open source?
Correct, what you describe is taking a free/open-licensed piece of software and then publishing a derivative of that work under a non-free/open proprietary license. I us …
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Free like free to do what I know and like best - write software?
A particular piece of software is either licensed in a way that respects the FSF's four freedoms, or it is not. … This question seems to ask, "How do I make a living writing software that complies with the four freedoms, but not by charging for support, selling warranties, finding a co-aligned charity/business to …
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Is my software still "free" if I charge for its commercial use and not for non-commercial use?
You may charge money for distributing free (as-in-freedom) software.
However, if your license is a true FSF-approved free license, then charging based on purpose isn't so much a license violation as …
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Do the GNU Rules about Nonfree Javascript apply to Server-Side JS?
In a word: no.
The FSF advocates for LibreJS annotations because of the special place web browser scripting plays in the lives of web users. The linga franca for browser scripting happens to be JavaS …
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Is declaring something one made as "free software" legally binding?
If you haven't explicitly granted the FSF's four freedoms in your license terms, merely saying "This is free software" does not grant any rights. …
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Are there examples of the free software which are available to run and copy as gratis but so...
For those recipients who do have the source code (with, as you say, full FSF-required freedoms), the software can be used, modified, and distributed freely. …
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