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I once visited a community with similar questions.

"Is it worth to ...?"

I will answer the same as I did back then. What does it mean for something to have worth to you? That is not a rethorical question.

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This is actually a great question. For me, as an individual, the software I create to fulfill an important need for blind people would be worth it. But having said that, I shouldn't just look at it from one perspective—I need to consider it from other angles as well.

I have to anticipate how the code will be received once I open source it, and my question was a way to fill the gaps I might have about the consequences of releasing the code under a certain license.

I guess I could bypass all these inquiries, lazily upload my code to GitHub, have vultures like Google find it, copy it, and put it into Google Maps. They may or may not care about catering to blind people (the original intended audience), and then my little code would just fade away, as a more refined version would likely emerge elsewhere.

I am visually able, so I cannot relate much to the visually impaired cause. The best I can do is try to understand their fight. Maybe tell their story from time to time. Bring their goals to a wider audience.

Your intention in assisting technologies sounds noble. However, precisely because of that, I cannot stain your own path with my opinions regarding how to license it.

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