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ineptechtoday at 7:06 PM1 replyview on HN

> Prohibiting a user of your software from modifying it and using it to run their business

I don't think it does that, it prohibits them from modifying it and then using that mod to fork users away from the original software, aka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...


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sneaktoday at 7:13 PM

Running a SaaS does not “fork users away”. You can’t fork a SaaS because services are not software and software are not services.