On 10/06/2020 15:56, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > 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? > I honestly don't know what's allowed at this stage XD
One caveat here is that the code is written in Python, so there is no binary. Not sure if that makes any difference though. Hamish
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