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@fallenvalkyrie@blahaj.zone let me try to explain licensing: there are three types: 1. One that you pay, but are not allowed to understand for what - that's commercial. 2. One that lets you see what you get, but doesn't allow you to sell your product - that are restrictive open source licenses like GPL, CC-SA. They usually are accompanied with commercial alternatives, so if you want to make money, you'll have to switch to one where you pay. 3. One that lets you do whatever you want like GPL, MIT, CC-0. Some of these require you to be polite and acknowledge what you've used like Apache 3-clause, CC-BY. This third category is where you'd always want to be. Also, in order to make your life simple, be polite even when not legally required and give attribution where it's due. It's a good thing to do. Now you can get back to coding and acknowledging that we all are little fellas standing on the shoulders of giants

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