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Something like MIT + Non-commercial would be interesting.
by zeckalpha 13y ago
Something like MIT + Non-commercial would be interesting.
- Kerrick 13y agoI've actually been looking for a license like that for a while. A combination of the ease of MIT and the spirit of CC-BY-NC, for source code. I don't want to write one myself since I am not a lawyer and would inevitably get it wrong.
- bayesianhorse 13y agoBe aware that whenever you use a "non-commercial" license, you might as well keep it under a much more restrictive license, because nobody can use it for any purpose in the open without fear of getting sued. There is hardly a definition of "non-commercial" uses in any one jurisdiction. There is no way how this plays out in multiple jurisdictions. CC-NC is a waste of the name Creative Commons. They might as well use "All rights reserved" and then just not go after anyone that copies the material in their basement.
- catern 13y agoWhy not just use the GPL? Only those who are willing to fully open source their product can use your code commercially. I, for one, am quite willing to make that grant to anyone who will go that far.
- pytrin 13y agoIf you're interested, we have a license generator for source-code over at Binpress that creates licenses based on the conditions you set. Similar use-cases to what GitHub is doing with Atom http://www.binpress.com/license/generator http://www.binpress.com/license/generator
- steveklabnik 13y agoIt would then be neither Open Source nor Free Software.
- eli 13y agoOnly if you define them to exclude it.
- steveklabnik 13y agoAnd it just so happens that the Open Source Definition as well as the Free Software Definition specifically do.