January 28, 2010
Can Anyone Use Open Source Software For His Business Use Without Paying?
is this possible to use open source software in busimess without paying to open source software company? For example, Can cybercafe use open source softwares for their use without payment ?
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hexeliebe is right, Open Source software does have limits.
Take Virtuemart and Zen Cart for instance. These two e-commerce carts are open source and distinctly meant for commercial purposes.
Wiki says it well, defining ‘open source’; “The term is most commonly applied to the source code of software that is available to the general public with relaxed or non-existent intellectual property restrictions.”
Some GPL(General Public License) proprietary governed software has subdivisions of ‘Copylefted’ and ‘Non-Copylefted’. If open source software is ‘Non-Copylefted’ and distributed by another modifying author(s), additional restrictions can be placed upon it. Rarely is the case though, but it can happen.http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories…
Open source does not necessarily mean free for all uses. You need to read the GPL documents accompanying the software to insure it is open for commercial use.
I believe that’s the purpose of open source, so you can use it without paying.