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If 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
by 0xTJ 1y ago
If 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.