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[–] starman@programming.dev 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why not dual-license?

Copyleft for true FOSS experience or paid option for companies.

[–] devraza@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago

This is a pretty good option, though I also think something like what aseprite has done is pretty good too (compile it yourself for free, or pay for a precompiled binary available through e.g. Steam) - from what I can tell this setup is fairly profitable.