Evan Prodromou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2006-22-11 at 00:06 +0200, Jari Aalto wrote: > > I need to talk to upstrem that wants to prohibit commercial use of the > > software. What Licence I should suggest to him? > > > > The current hand written license permits the software to be used in > > GPL programs -- except the ssoftware cannot be used for commercial > > purposes. > > Prohibiting commercial use is incompatible with the DFSG. > > 6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor > > The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the > program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not > restrict the program from being used in a business, or from > being used for genetic research. > > Typically people who are opposed to commercial use are really opposed to > commercial _exploitation_. They don't want their work to be used > unfairly or selfishly. A copyleft license like the GPL can prevent some > of the more egregious misuses of a piece of software, but not all.
Ok, so what is the most "restrictive" license that I might be able to discuss with the upstream. I mean -- in the sense, that when software would use that license, it would be hard to use the software for commercial purposes / exploited. Is the winner Good Old (tm) GPL; of all the choices? What specific arguments would you suggest I could while talking with the upstream to persuade him to make the move to another license? Jari -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
