On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Pirmin Braun <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:34:18 +0100 > schrieb David Chisnall <[email protected]> : > > > On 18 Sep 2013, at 13:57, Markus Hitter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Perhaps this distinction is too complex. Non-commercial use -> free, > > > commercial use -> pay. Things have to be simple. > > > > Non-commercial use is a sticky point, especially for web apps. For > example, if I run a free service that runs the web app and allows anyone to > use it, am I commercial? What happens if I put ads on it? What about if > the ads are only covering the cost of hosting it? The FSF web site has a > lot of text about the problems with NC licenses, so I won't bother > reiterating them. > > > > I knew this would come. It's the 0,1 % of all cases that make things > complicated. > We just won't hunt after them. If in doubt, you're allowed. If obviously > cheating, we'll find out. Sooner or later. > <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep> > How about a strictly noncommercial license, with all commercial use having to go through your hosted subscription service? It's still not free/open source software, and IntarS would certainly end up in the 'non-free' section of Debian (even if accepted there), but it would make intended use quite clear. I do understand you have existing customers, but it might be an interesting solution. This mailing list, on the other hand, is probably a bad place to discuss a business plan. As it stands, the license itself does not seem to be FLOSS (due to the discrimination clause). This has little to do with 'radical' approach to FLOSS; it's simply not providing end users with all freedoms. As mentioned, free and open source licenses typically deal with redistribution restrictions, not with use restrictions. I doubt the discussion will get any further than this... -- Ivan Vučica [email protected]
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