There's plenty of material to consider even on wikipedia. Python itself isn't really that much "reverse-engineering-proof" like other languages (but still there are plenty of companies making revenues off "clear" and "compiled" code). Be careful to consider the difference between releasing something that is "closed-source" in the hope that someone can't reverse-engineer it and releasing "closed-source" because you don't want any help from the userbase revisioning your code. "Money" and "value" doesn't always come from "obfuscation" and "proprietarity", only the license matters. And for a student it may not be so easy to take legal actions against someone breaking the license.
On Monday, May 19, 2014 11:50:27 PM UTC+2, sasogeek wrote: > > I found this > resource<http://www.pcworld.com/article/209891/10_reasons_open_source_is_good_for_business.html> > that > gives a nice list of benefits of going Open Source which is great! But I'm > also a little concerned about monetization. I'm a student and I've spent a > lot of time with this project, I also think of value for the time I've put > in. (But yes now I'm seriously staring at Open Source in the face! :) ) > > On Monday, 19 May 2014 21:07:10 UTC, sasogeek wrote: >> >> I haven't considered OS, not that I'm against it. But hypothetically >> speaking since I'm still in considerations,what are the benefits of going >> open source? >> >> On Monday, 19 May 2014 19:20:37 UTC, Niphlod wrote: >>> >>> consider that also any third party library (either python or js, css, >>> etc) could have its own license model. >>> Also, you should choose beforehand if you want to release it as an open >>> source project or not. >>> >>> On Monday, May 19, 2014 2:09:32 PM UTC+2, sasogeek wrote: >>>> >>>> That actually is my question. I don't know which license I like because >>>> I don't know which licenses I can get for what I want to begin with. I'm >>>> new to licenses, but with the little knowledge I have about softwares and >>>> applications, I know I need one. Not sure what my options are, and >>>> especially with the fact that I want to have a renewable one that's >>>> purchasable periodically, I'd like to know specifically what my options >>>> are, any suggestions would help. >>>> >>>> This actually may be the wrong place to ask but I figured since it has >>>> to do with web2py, maybe I'd get some help here... Thanks >>>> >>>> On Monday, 19 May 2014 11:48:03 UTC, Anthony wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> You can license your app however you'd like. >>>>> >>>>> Anthony >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, May 19, 2014 6:53:05 AM UTC-4, sasogeek wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> How do I license a web2py application for commercial use? I'd like to >>>>>> have a license that's renewable every 6 months. From a few similar >>>>>> questions I've read, I've gathered that web2py does allow commercial >>>>>> distribution but must be stated in the documentation that the >>>>>> application >>>>>> uses web2py... besides that though, what licenses can I get my >>>>>> application >>>>>> for how I want to be released? Procedures, etc. I need all the >>>>>> information >>>>>> I can get on this topic... I'm new to it. Thanks >>>>>> >>>>> -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
