On Thursday 25 August 2005 22:35, Philipp Steinkrueger wrote:
> Hi Kern,
>
>
> you can see this development at several places throughout the OpenSource
> scene.
Could you tell me where?
It is a rather obvious concept, but I haven't seen anything really quite the
same. I'd be interested to see what similar "projects" are doing.
> actually i cant see any difference between this licence concept
> which asks you to buy a licence if you want to make profit with the
> software and "classical" commercial software which also allows private
> users to use their software for free...
Well, I started what I consider a classical commercial software company, and
what I am proposing is *totally* different, so I don't understand your
statement.
Microsoft is a prime example of a classical commercial software company, but
they don't allow private users to use their software for free. Perhaps what
you mean is that *some* commercial software companies allow private users to
use their software for free, which is certainly the case.
>
> i have to admit i have not really thought it through, but what i think
> enabled
> the great success of open source was software like linux and mysql which
> was from
> the beginning also free for commercial ideas...
>
Although BSD and other licenses are free for commercial users, I wouldn't say
that is the case for GPL. For a commercial software company as opposed to a
service company, GPL is somewhat of a nightmare. It is true they don't have
to pay for it, but it comes at a heavy price -- all your software that
"touches" or "uses" GPL software must be GPL or otherwise Open Software as
well.
--
Best regards,
Kern
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