Re: [License-discuss] Open Source license question

2024-04-11 Thread Richard Fontana
On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 10:57 AM Chris B wrote: > But in the meantime, I want to hear why some other OSS licensed projects have > Terms, e.g. VSCode is MIT licensed and has terms: > https://code.visualstudio.com/license If I'm not mistaken, in that case (perhaps less than all?) the source code

Re: [License-discuss] Open Source license question

2024-04-11 Thread Chris B
Thanks, Philippe and others! Useful content for me to go through. I think the biggest issue that I am hearing is the separation of what is "paid content". The goal for me was to *allow individuals and business* - to use the software freely - to modify the software if needed to meet their needs A

Re: [License-discuss] Open Source license question

2024-04-10 Thread Chris B
Thanks for the responses! Just to be clear, I want to allow anyone to take the free and open source version and be able to modify it and use it for commercial purposes. From what I understand from the discussion, i need to be explicit about what paid features are (even though it's obvious in the pr

Re: [License-discuss] Open Source license question

2024-04-10 Thread Philippe Ombredanne
Hi Chris: On Sat, Apr 6, 2024 at 11:32 AM Chris B wrote: > I am an open source project maintainer and I was referred to this > mailing list recently as a good place to ask questions. > > I was recently told by a community member that I should not be using > the term "Open Source" as it has legal

Re: [License-discuss] Open Source license question

2024-04-09 Thread David Woolley
On 09/04/2024 14:30, John Sullivan wrote: You say "commercial" here but I think you mean "proprietary" right? Since the GPL says commercial as in "for a fee" redistribution is allowed. Well corrected, although it all goes towards the point that "paid version" is too vague.

Re: [License-discuss] Open Source license question

2024-04-09 Thread David Woolley
On 07/04/2024 04:37, Justin Clift wrote:     -   Unless provided with a written agreement, no persons are permitted to redistribute another paid version of CapRover. "paid version" needs defining. Any requirement that all distribution be free of charge would be invalid. Furthermore, any rest

Re: [License-discuss] Open Source license question

2024-04-07 Thread Justin Clift
Hi all! I am an open source project maintainer and I was referred to this mailing list recently as a good place to ask questions. I was recently told by a community member that I should not be using the term "Open Source" as it has legal implications and the project doesn't fully embrace tha

[License-discuss] Open Source license question

2024-04-07 Thread Atwood, Mark via License-discuss
Atwood atwo...@amazon.com<mailto:atwo...@amazon.com> Principal Engineer, Open Source Program Office, Amazon.com +12066042198 From: License-discuss On Behalf Of Chris B Sent: Friday, April 5, 2024 9:07 PM To: license-discuss@lists.opensource.org Subject: [EXTERNAL] [License-discuss] Open

Re: [License-discuss] Open Source license question

2024-04-06 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
On Fri, Apr 5, 2024, at 23:07, Chris B wrote: > Hi all! > > I am an open source project maintainer and I was referred to this mailing > list recently as a good place to ask questions. > > I was recently told by a community member that I should not be using the term > "Open Source" as it has le

[License-discuss] Open Source license question

2024-04-06 Thread Chris B
Hi all! I am an open source project maintainer and I was referred to this mailing list recently as a good place to ask questions. I was recently told by a community member that I should not be using the term "Open Source" as it has legal implications and the project doesn't fully embrace that ter