On Wed, 2006-22-11 at 00:06 +0200, Jari Aalto wrote: > I need to talk to upstrem that wants to prohibit commercial use of the > software. What Licence I should suggest to him? > > The current hand written license permits the software to be used in > GPL programs -- except the ssoftware cannot be used for commercial > purposes.
Prohibiting commercial use is incompatible with the DFSG.
6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor
The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the
program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not
restrict the program from being used in a business, or from
being used for genetic research.
Typically people who are opposed to commercial use are really opposed to
commercial _exploitation_. They don't want their work to be used
unfairly or selfishly. A copyleft license like the GPL can prevent some
of the more egregious misuses of a piece of software, but not all.
~Evan
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Evan Prodromou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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