Agreed: It costs me $100 USD a month for my chunk of 24/7 Opensim. If I am going to spend several hours making custom, one of a kind items for virtual worlds, it comes natural to expect a return on invested time & licenses paid for to complete the project.
The Opensimulator end user license does not impose such "FREE" restrictions on users, I know this because I have read it. IN FACT, because of the BSD license the project has chosen, anyone can take the code and change it; then SELL THEIR CHANGES. Moreover, they are under no obligation to share the code back to the Opensim project. As an example: Meta probably could use opensim software as a base to power their VR experience, end users would not know this because they are unable to look at the modified code. The GNU/GPL licence is known to be the preferred licence on FREE (as in freedom) software but I am sure the developers had their reasons for adopting the BSD license.
I made the "OPENSIM IS FREE" signs several years ago in response to the "opensim should be free" signs and offer them to anyone who wants them in my freebie locations, it uses the same syntax as displayed above. The bold letters make it easier to read. Please understand it is not my intent to offend anyone... just keeping things aligned with ORIGINAL BRANDING.
PEACE =D
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