[sllug-members]: Software Licenses, Repositories

[Lonnie Olson]

Steven Retz wrote:
> I have some software I want to give out to the community.  The protocol I
> want to just give away.  I would like to have two licensing models: 1) open
> source, free to use if you do not charge for you software.  2) commercial,
> if you charge I want some money myself.
> 
> I am wondering what is the possible standard licenses that handle this
> already, and also where can I host the code, such as sourceforge.org?

This idea is similar to that of MySQL.
http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/

They use different licenses for different users.  You may be able to
adapt their licenses to your own use, thought it may prove difficult.

I am not sure if SF.net allows these types of licenses.  I would suggest
you just use the GPL.  It is very good, everyone knows it and
understands it.

See http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html
if you are unsure how the GPL may affect you or your software.

--lonnie