I am well aware of Netscape going open source which ended the company. I am also aware of wordpress.com owned by automattic. That is also GNU. What is the difference between the two? I have an idea that I want to be GNU but I don't want it stolen. Wordpress has done very well while netscape didn't. Any advice would be very helpful.
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Jump to PostThere is no statement that you can't earn money by selling linux
in GNU GPL. you can sell linux and earn money.Think about the red hat company. Their linux version is Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. But there is a free community linux named fedora.
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Jump to PostYeah :). Also GNU != GPL. The GNU are a company which happens to provide a number of licences.
have an idea that I want to be GNU but I don't want it stolen
Thats the point. Its meant to be 'stolen'. Its share and share-alike. Basically if you release …
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