On Mon, 08 Jun 2020 15:43:32 +0100, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty wrote: > I don't think I have a way of enforcing that people buy the correct > version for business, but I could always just have a "Personal Use" > notice in the title bar or something.
I don't think you can place a restriction like "personal use only" on how the GPL-licensed software is used. GPL is GPL. You could in principle distribute a different version of the software depending on which fee is paid, but I think it would be invalid to distribute a version with a notice saying "Personal Use", because that implies a restriction that's not in the license. At best it's misleading. If you want to apply limitations, then I think you might have to distribute the business version of the software, or some components of it that don't appear in the "personal" version, under a different license. Doing so may or may not be allowed, depending on any restrictions you may have agreed with third parties. (e.g. code contributors, library authors, others?) -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2020-07-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
