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I would like a relatively permissive software license which forbids any profiteering (CC-NC but then strictly software). I'm fine with people using my code, no
by consp 1y ago
I would like a relatively permissive software license which forbids any profiteering (CC-NC but then strictly software).
I'm fine with people using my code, not fine with companies profiteering off my work. If you want to use it commercially, pay for it.
- 0xTJ 1y agoIf it can't be used commercially, then that's not an open-source license. If you choose to license your work that way, that's your choice, but you're not making something open-source.
- simondotau 1y agoWho said it can’t be used commercially? Just because they can’t profit from it doesn’t stop them using it.
- 0xTJ 1y agoFrom the post to which I replied: "If you want to use it commercially, pay for it.". I am replying to them talking about a license that prevent commercial use.
- simondotau 1y agoAh, my mistake. It's an interesting idea for a license. "Free for non-commercial use" is an idea often used in closed source software, but not open source. If a software license like this doesn't already exist, it should, so that software developers can easily choose it.