Scripsit Peter S Galbraith > Okay, let me rephrase. Commercial use of the software is allowed > by scilab, but they want to limit the ability of making derived > commercial works.
> http://www.debian.org/intro/free says: > : - Not allowing use of their code in commercial software. I think you misunderstand the distinction between "commercial software" and "commercial use". The thing spoken about on the web page is software which you have to buy and pay for before you can use it. That is completely different from the commercial use in DFSG which is the use of the software by a business. > : Since > : they are releasing the code for others to use without any > : profit to themselves, they don't want someone else to be > : able to come along and make commercial software out of it. > Is there a license which meets this goal? Yes. It is the main point about the GPL to do this. The GPL also allows businesses to use the software to do their business (say, using a GPL'ed text editor to write business letters). That does not make the software itself commercial. -- Henning Makholm "Jeg mener, at der eksisterer et hemmeligt selskab med forgreninger i hele verden, som arbejder i det skjulte for at udsprede det rygte at der eksisterer en verdensomspændende sammensværgelse."
