AFAIK, if it needs payment for commercial use, then it's discriminating
against commercial use, isn't it?
Clay Crouch wrote:
>
> Greets! :^)
>
> I intend to package Code Crusader (jcc) and Code Medic (medic).
> These two programs have DFSG-compliant (though non-GPL) licenses.
> I have attatched their licenses, if anyone wants to check them over.
>
> However, both of them depend on the JX Application Framework,
> which may or may not be DFSG-compliant. After reading the license
> several times, and reading the SYPP license web page several times,
> and reading the DFSG several times, it is my opinion that this license
> does not violate the DFSG.
>
> It is free in every (DFSG) sense for non-commercial use. However,
> payment to the authors is required for commercial use. Commercial
> exploitation is _not_ prohibited outright; just requires payment.
>
> AFAICS, it does not conflict with any provision of the DFSG, and
> therefore should go into unstable/main, along with jcc and medic.
>
> I am asking here because it is not GPL, and this is my first
> dealing with a non-GPL source package. I defer to the consensus
> on this issue.... :^)
>
> Cheers!
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> Name: LICENSE
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