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		fuball63 on Aug 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NPM Bans Terminal Ads Fascinating article, is this common practice? Anyone know of companies successfully selling license exceptions?

slang800 on Aug 30, 2019 | [–]

Yes, Oracle does this with MySQL. If you want to use MySQL in a way that the GPL doesn’t permit, then you are supposed to buy a license. I have no idea if they are making a lot of money from this.

_fbpt on Aug 31, 2019 | [–]

Qt is primarily LGPL with some GPL modules, and sells commercial dual-licenses.

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