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fwiw the generally accepted definition of open source (the OSI one http://opensource.org/osd http://opensource.org/osd) prohibits discrimination between users.
by ig1 13y ago
fwiw the generally accepted definition of open source (the OSI one http://opensource.org/osd http://opensource.org/osd) prohibits discrimination between users. Hence none of the OSI compatible licence (i.e most major open source licences) will give you what you want.
- tptacek 13y agoNot directly. But the GPL variants impose restrictions that are often incompatible with business use.
- belorn 13y agoOnly businesses that want to take other peoples code, modify and distribute it, and the go and sue any user who themselves want to further modify or share the software. That type of business use is incompatible with GPL. Thankfully, it is not the common case, as often businesses just want to use the software privately. That is always compatible with the GPL.