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“The GPL license is often seen as unfriendly to commercial use, because I can buy one copy of a GPL application from you and then re-sell copies of it for a lower price.” How is this different to other free software licences?
– Brian Drake
Commented Mar 27, 2021 at 9:40
With permissive licenses, you can use the open source code in an closed source product without giving the right to distribute it further. With the GPL that isn't possible.
– Bart van Ingen Schenau
Commented Mar 27, 2021 at 9:50
This does not change the fact that you can buy one copy of any free software product and then sell copies of it for a lower price. I do not see the connection between this and your later comment about using free code in a nonfree product.
– Brian Drake
Commented Mar 27, 2021 at 9:59

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