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Yes, this is similar to what Qt did / has done for years. I personally think it fits the definition of "open source" since it's multi-licensed.

ignoramous 3y ago
For open-source use If you are creating an open source application under a license compatible with the GNU GPL license v3, you may use BrowserBox Pro under the terms of the GPLv3. For non-commercial use You can use BrowserBox Pro for free for non-commercial use cases. This means government and public institutions, non-profits, private researchers and individuals are covered by this protection when their use is done without any anticipation of commercial application. This is provided under the terms of the Polyform Non-Commercial License 1.0. Well, this isn't exactly dual license, but the presence of GPLv3 comprehensively nullifies Polyform, so it is FOSS. IANAL.
- CuriousCosmic 3y ago
  It's better interpreted as decreasing degrees of permissivity. 1. GPLv3 or later 2. polyform non-commercial for non-commercial non-GPLv3 (or later) works. 3. commercial license for commercial non-GPLv3 (or later) works. --- In other words, Use GPLv3 however if you can't use GPLv3 but are non-commercial, use polyform non-commercial. Otherwise buy a commercial license.
  - keepamovin 3y ago
    Yes!
    - ignoramous 3y ago
      You may want to reword as "licensed under either GPLv3 or Polyform Non-commercial 1.0 at your option" or some such, like most rust-lang projects do; ex: https://github.com/rust-lang/rustup https://github.com/rust-lang/rustup Then give guidance on why one might choose one license over the other.
      - keepamovin 3y ago
        Thank you! :) BTW - I like your RethinkDNS app -- very polished and popular! :)
        ignoramous 3y ago
        Thanks, you're kind (: Ditto for BrowserBox. Amazing piece of work! Much much harder to build than what I am. Btw, let me know if you've got any suggestions or feature requests, all ears: mz at celzero dot com
        keepamovin 3y ago
        I'll email you man! :)

ignoramous 3y ago

For open-source use If you are creating an open source application under a license compatible with the GNU GPL license v3, you may use BrowserBox Pro under the terms of the GPLv3. For non-commercial use You can use BrowserBox Pro for free for non-commercial use cases. This means government and public institutions, non-profits, private researchers and individuals are covered by this protection when their use is done without any anticipation of commercial application. This is provided under the terms of the Polyform Non-Commercial License 1.0. Well, this isn't exactly dual license, but the presence of GPLv3 comprehensively nullifies Polyform, so it is FOSS. IANAL.

CuriousCosmic 3y ago
It's better interpreted as decreasing degrees of permissivity. 1. GPLv3 or later 2. polyform non-commercial for non-commercial non-GPLv3 (or later) works. 3. commercial license for commercial non-GPLv3 (or later) works. --- In other words, Use GPLv3 however if you can't use GPLv3 but are non-commercial, use polyform non-commercial. Otherwise buy a commercial license.
- keepamovin 3y ago
  Yes!
  - ignoramous 3y ago
    You may want to reword as "licensed under either GPLv3 or Polyform Non-commercial 1.0 at your option" or some such, like most rust-lang projects do; ex: https://github.com/rust-lang/rustup https://github.com/rust-lang/rustup Then give guidance on why one might choose one license over the other.
    - keepamovin 3y ago
      Thank you! :) BTW - I like your RethinkDNS app -- very polished and popular! :)
      - ignoramous 3y ago
        Thanks, you're kind (: Ditto for BrowserBox. Amazing piece of work! Much much harder to build than what I am. Btw, let me know if you've got any suggestions or feature requests, all ears: mz at celzero dot com
        keepamovin 3y ago
        I'll email you man! :)