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You're right. I didn't see the Small Business tab when I was quickly looking through it.

Still ends up being a blocker when you're not sure how many copies of the product you'll sell.

I guess that is just one of the many risks you have to take if your trying to build a business. A couple of hundred dollars in licensing fees are not going to sink your product. For a side project that you don't expect to make any money it might be too much, but in that case you could just as well open source the project.

> but in that case you could just as well open source the project.

Which doesn't necessarily mean you cannot get paid for it.

It's also worth considering that the value of this license is very likely not a net loss even if your initial product doesn't work out.

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