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I’m not exactly sure why you’re being down voted, but from my perspective, hey it’s your code use what license you want.

That’s fine.

It’s not fixing anything, it’s just more arbitrary proprietary software.

Just don’t call it open source, and keep your hands away from the Apache brand.

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> Just don’t call it open source, and keep your hands away from the Apache brand.

Thanks! So it sounds like you're personally okay with this solution?

Sure. Why not? There are lots of companies in the world that sell proprietary software. Nothing wrong with that. A lot of great software in the world, from a user experience perspective, is proprietary. Think about the devices, computers, and websites that you use on a daily basis - most of these are probably proprietary. I don't think there's any moral obligation for someone to give their work away for free as open source.

Let's just not confuse proprietary software with open source software.

Let's not confuse proprietary software, open-source software and free (as in freedom) software.

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