On 08/06/2020 12:29, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Hamish, > >> At least some of you know that I sell a GPL software product for a >> small fee. >> >> However, I'm thinking of charging more for business use. Does anyone >> know whether I'm allowed to do this under the GPL? I'm not really >> thinking of charging for a certain number of uses or computers, just a >> flat but higher fee for business use. > I know of nothing against doing that. You use GNU GPL v3 and sell under > 6(d) AFAIK, so as long as each price-point still provides access to the > source under 6(d)'s terms, I don't see a problem. > > You may want to look at offering extras allowing the price to be a lot > higher, e.g. answering three support emails. Something you'd probably > do anyway, but a business would appreciate a level of paid support > during initial adoption as they value their time.
Cheers Ralph, and good idea. I don't think I have a way of enforcing that people buy the correct version for business, but I could always just have a "Personal Use" notice in the title bar or something. Hamish
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