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> Putting restrictions around "commercial" use (which is notoriously hard to define) is not open source.

That's... somewhat accurate.

Let's not pretend the GPL team itself didn't have issues with Tivo-ization, that prompted license changes.

Cloud servic-ization is the virtualization of hardware modification locks.

So call it opinions about "commercial" or use another word, but the GPL definitely has them.



> Cloud servic-ization is the virtualization of hardware modification locks.

Hence why the FSF advocates the AGPL for software that's designed to be performed "as a service" over a computer network. But "no tivoization" and AGPL clauses do not deny these uses; they simply enable the end user of the software to exercise her rights with respect to it.




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