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
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
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
On 26-02-2017 10:50, Carsten Agger wrote:
But maybe Agner might consider using the Mozilla Public License 2.0?
It differs from the GPL and LGPL in that
...
So changes to Agner's library would remain free software, but people
can use it to build proprietary application which they supply in o
On 26-02-2017 19:48, Carsten Agger wrote:
If our business models never involve releasing under a proprietary
license, we're not contributing to the proprietary software economy,
and that's that.
Acturally, we are contributing indirectly if an open source library is
used in proprietary softwa
On 27-02-2017 11:06, Mirko Boehm (FSFE) wrote:
* You will need permission/license from the other contributors to
sell proprietary licenses.
* You need a scheme that fairly distributes the licensing revenue so
that it motivates people to contribute. You could pay out shares
of the
On 27-02-2017 15:44, Paul Boddie wrote:
What would be interesting to see is an organisation that can invoice people
for spending money on Free Software which remains Free Software.
Yes, exactly. An organization to sell license exceptions to GPL software.
Do you think the FSF will endorse such a
On 28-02-2017 13:22, Carsten Agger wrote:
The ultimate goal of the free software movement is that *all* software
should provide its users the four freedoms. Proprietary software
should become a thing of the past. This is a lot to do with the wish
for a free society - Stallman's analysis of th
