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Most source-available licenses that I've encountered have no paid license requirements for users. They only require a paid license if you want to sell the produ
by bloppe 10mo ago
Most source-available licenses that I've encountered have no paid license requirements for users. They only require a paid license if you want to sell the product commercially. Normally, you're still allowed to use the software as a piece of a larger commercial product, as long as it does not compete with the original author, or "substantially reproduce the functionality" of the source-available bits, depending on the exact language.
- jasomill 10mo agoWhile it's true that this the kind of "source available" license the article is talking about, other examples exist. For instance, the source code to Epic's Unreal Engine[1] is hosted in a private GitHub repo, accessible by anyone who agrees to a clickthrough license, and free for personal, educational, and commercial use up to $1 million gross revenue, at which point royalty payments are required. [1] https://www.unrealengine.com/ https://www.unrealengine.com/