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Those are examples of non-commercial licenses, licenses that grant rights, free of charge, but restrict commercial use of software. When I say dual licensing,
by orlandohill 3y ago
Those are examples of non-commercial licenses, licenses that grant rights, free of charge, but restrict commercial use of software.
When I say dual licensing, I am referring to the business model of offering software for free under a non-commercial license, and charging for commercial usage rights. Kyle E. Mitchell calls this Free-and-Paid Dual Licensing.
https://writing.kemitchell.com/2023/09/10/Two-Kinds-Dual-Licensing https://writing.kemitchell.com/2023/09/10/Two-Kinds-Dual-Lic...
To use such a business model you also need a commercial license. There's no one-size-fits-all solution, and it's normally something that requires input from a legal professional. Kyle has made a couple of recent efforts to improve things.
https://fastpathlicense.com/ https://fastpathlicense.com/
https://commercial.polyformproject.org/ https://commercial.polyformproject.org/