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>take open source software and code >make it closed source

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>take open source software and code
>make it closed source and uncompilable, and repackage it as my own

What's to stop me from doing this?
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>what is opera
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>>56969328
Nothing, it's like you work or do anything with your life.
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Linux does this all the time. Nothing's stopping you.
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>uncompilable
??

Reverse engineers + lawyers
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>>56969328
there are heuristics than can be performed that can give someone an over/under of the similarity of the code in question; you may get away with it for a bit, but not forever
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Competition, no one is going to buy yours when they can get the original for free. Some companies have done that though
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>>56969328
that the old opensource code still exists?
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the license can legally stop you
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>>56969420
Maybe.
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>>56969411
hehe
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>>56969328
>What's to stop me from doing this?
Your stupidity and incompetence.
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assuming it's not this your fine.

there are projects even more lucrative then get-rich-quick schemes though.
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>>56969328
Good news buddy, BSD license is for you
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>>56972311
Public domain is the real free software! hurrdurr!
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>>56972311
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