A dual license system for code libraries?

2017-02-25 Thread Agner Fog
Hi, I have a problem with several open source projects. Neither GPL nor LGPL license seems to be appropriate. One such project is my C++ vector class library (http://agner.org/optimize/#vectorclass ) Right now, I am using a dual license system. The library is published under GPL, following the

Re: A dual license system for code libraries?

2017-02-25 Thread Paul Boddie
On Saturday 25. February 2017 09.54.39 Agner Fog wrote: > Hi, I have a problem with several open source projects. Neither GPL nor > LGPL license seems to be appropriate. > > One such project is my C++ vector class library > (http://agner.org/optimize/#vectorclass ) > Right now, I am using a dual l

Re: A dual license system for code libraries?

2017-02-25 Thread Agner Fog
On 25-02-2017 14:44, Paul Boddie wrote: ...this is almost like asking for business advice Don't get me wrong. It is not my goal to make money. My goal is to make free software libraries. You have to remember that Free Software is all about end-user empowerment. If a user gets a binary that g

Re: A dual license system for code libraries?

2017-02-25 Thread Paul Boddie
On Saturday 25. February 2017 15.43.54 you wrote: > On 25-02-2017 14:44, Paul Boddie wrote: > > ...this is almost like asking for business advice > > Don't get me wrong. It is not my goal to make money. My goal is to make > free software libraries. But it is still like asking for business advice,

Re: A dual license system for code libraries?

2017-02-25 Thread Agner Fog
On 25-02-2017 18:49, Paul Boddie wrote: On Saturday 25. February 2017 15.43.54 you wrote: Don't get me wrong. It is not my goal to make money. My goal is to make free software libraries. But it is still like asking for business advice, because many of the issues are exactly like structuring the