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FSF licensing answers for proprietary software development

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Support
Aliases
licensing@fsf.org; FSF Licensing & Compliance Team
Definition
FSF Licensing & Compliance Team page: "For general free software licensing questions please email licensing@fsf.org ." "If your question is about developing proprietary software, then receiving an answer is contingent on payment of a fee."
Commercial rules
General free software licensing questions are answered by volunteers without charge. Questions about developing proprietary software are answered only on payment of a fee; the page publishes no price, unit or term. The FSF also runs licensing seminars and publishes the GPL FAQ.
Applies to
Organizations seeking FSF guidance on GNU licenses in connection with proprietary software development.
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