Simply put, we do not want Aimmy to be published in a commercial setting. We greatly encourage users to modify Aimmy however they see fit, however, we do not want a third party to profit off the software, and this is a value that the Open-Source community does not share. In order to reduce the risk of misleading people, we actively avoid the label "open-source".
Aimmy was developed in a community where subsets of it are admittedly profit-motivated. This can be exemplifed with the recent release of a tool that requires the users to go through not one, not two, but five ad-only webpages before using the program.
This is not an environment we would like to promote. Though because of this, we are also aware that making the source of Aimmy available to the public makes Aimmy an attractive base for Software Developers looking to make a similar product. Making Aimmy closed-source however is not an option we would like to take. Because of this, we decided to make Aimmy source-available.
As per our License (PolyForm Noncommercial), Aimmy and especially it's source code can only be used in a non-commercial setting.
Non-commercial setting/use according to lawinsider.com means: "Non-Commercial Use means any use or activity where a fee is not charged and the purpose is not the sale of a good or service, and the use or activity is not intended to produce a profit."
Thank you.