Hi Patrick, > Hamish wrote: > > 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. > > I don't think you can place a restriction like "personal use only" on > how the GPL-licensed software is used. GPL is GPL. > > You could in principle distribute a different version of the software > depending on which fee is paid, but I think it would be invalid to > distribute a version with a notice saying "Personal Use", because that > implies a restriction that's not in the license. At best it's > misleading.
Hamish could distinguish the sold editions with ‘Personal Edition’ and ‘Business Edition’ though, e.g. title bars, or About dialogue windows? This wouldn't be a restriction, just an indication of which binary was bought? -- Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2020-07-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
