Licensing

[Charles E Buchwald]

I'd be very curious about this myself. I have some newer versions of some of tools which I have given away in the past, and I would like to release some kind of paid versions....
- Charles

> On 05 Jan 2015, at 2:28 PM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm still highly confused about how to license lcStackBrowser in a way that
> allows it to be run in the Community Edition.
> 
> From the programing perspective, it's a couple of minutes work to remove
> the password protection. There will still be a charge for a license.
> 
> The major issue I have if I understand the GPL license and the Creative
> Commons license correctly is that they both allow a licensed user to
> "convey" the code to anyone they choose free of charge and that's not
> acceptable to me.  I guess that makes it not "open source" but the
> objective here is to make it available to Community Edition users, I don't
> really care if it meets the criteria to be called "open source".
> 
> The basics for me are as follows.
> 
> You can run the stack, modify or add to it in any way you choose for your
> own personal use.
> 
> If you have modified or added to the code and you run into a problem, I
> will not support it unless the problem also occurs in the unmodified
> version of the stack.
> 
> You may not give or sell the license to anyone else irrespective of whether
> you have modified the code.  I accept that there is no practical way for me
> to enforce this but it at least needs to be stated in the license agreement.
> 
> I may allow you to transfer the license if you request permission to do so.
> 
> Is there in fact an existing license template that meets the above criteria?
> 
> 
> Pete
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