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For questions about restrictions on open licenses, and for questions about placing restrictions, or handling restrictions with open projects

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Telling authors that they can't have it both ways: Restrictions in readme, and an Open Sourc...

You should also inform the author of this, as further evidence that the GPL isn't the license they meant to use (unless you convince them that their additional restrictions aren't necessary after all). … That means that by placing the GPL alongside your restrictions against [commercial reuse / modification], you're actually giving people the legal right to strip away those restrictions! …
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How do I license, "Use my code as per the GNU GPL, but don't put it on GitHub"

Bob wrote a GPL-licensed media player that I really liked, FooPlayer v1.0. Then Bob "updated" FooPlayer to 2.0 and decided to put ads in the software. He stopped offering the original 1.0 altogether. …
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Does license prohibition of illicit / malicious use or modification clash with GPL's freedom...

Simply put, a requirement to seek outside approval in order to make or deploy changes is not GPL-compatible, nor is it even a requirement within the definitions of free and open-source software. Part …
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