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this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2025
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I am not exactly defending this particular scheme but the source code is available under a free software license. It's only the binaries that are under a proprietary EULA.
No part of a free software license requires that binaries be made available (gratis or otherwise) or that users be allowed to submit bug reports or feature requests. It is also not against the free software movement philosophy to sell free software.
I'll believe it after review and approval by the OSI. It still is philosophically in direct conflict with the Open-Source Movement by making software less accessible to end users and especially non-technical users than it is to corpos.