[sllug-members]: Software Licenses, Repositories

[Steven Retz]

On 10/18/06, Justin Searle <justin.searle at jetblue.com> wrote:
>
> Agreed.
>
> > > 1) open source, free to use if you do not charge for you
> > > software.
>
> You have to choose one or the other here.  OSS can't restrict use.  If you
> want OSS, your main pick is GPL or BSD, depending wether you want people
> who
> use your code to give you changes or not.
>
> > > 2) commercial, if you charge I want some money myself.
>
> You might want to conside a GPL / Proprietary dual licensing model
> here.  That
> way if someone uses your code, they either have to give you their
> changes/additions (GPL) or give you money to keep their changes private
> (Proprietary).



It has been a while since I have reviewed GPL.  If I remember correctly, GPL
main points are 1) you have to share the source, 2) you can't charge for the
software (but you can charge for services).
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