I like the intention, but a few thoughts: - If you're dead, to whom have you legally clarified copyright should go? No one but that person can enforce the GPL,

I like the intention, but a few thoughts: - If you're dead, to whom have you legally clarified copyright should go? No one but that person can enforce the GPL, because the foundation of enforcement is that it's otherwise copyright violation. - IIUC, new releases don't reset the date of old releases, so old releases become fair game after a few years. The reason that doesn't help people is that most of the value is in what you're doing right this very minute and your ability to support that today. That is why companies can make money from existing licenses. They're paying your for support, paying you to develop new features that matter to them, etc. But at the same time they can accept collaboration and contributions from even competitors right now. I think you're losing most of the benefits of open-source for making money despite the time window.