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Ask HN: What closed-source license can work for a business like renting plugins?
Lets say there are open-source options for a niche market but you see business potential in offering a closed source library to do the same (or slightly more) but more "solid" for production conditions (scale/load/network volume, etc).
What kind of licensing should one use for a business model that wants to scale with this?
Let's say for 1 plugin running in 1 container it has to pay a yearly renewable licensing fee of X. For 42 of these it would be x42 (or whatever proportion/discount of that gets negotiated).
I have no experience with software licensing and several plugin ideas to experiment to see if they have business potential but they will need a solid license. I'd appreciate the advice of who does. Thanks a lot.