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jgpaiva:
I wonder if the FSF would answer a license-question email along the lines of "ohaithar, you haz real software license comparable to CC-BY-NC-SA, canhazpzlkthx?" :-)
-f0dder (February 23, 2013, 06:57 AM)
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I asked google instead, and got here. I think one of the commenters says what I believe to be correct (and in line with what I found the last time I dwelved into this):
A license can't restrict use. If you look at all the exclusive rights in 17 USC 106 you'll see that none of them have anything to do with use. This is why licenses (like the GPL) restrict distribution and modification, not use. – David Schwartz Sep 25 '11 at 21:13-http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/110583/software-license-restricting-commercial-usage-like-cc-by-nc-sa
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So, I guess I'll have to update the license. Btw, I think it's great you have released the source and put it on GitHub, so please do not take my comments as being negative, I just find this licensing stuff interesting in a kind of masochistic manner ;D.
-Jibz (February 25, 2013, 03:34 AM)
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I don't, and I thank you for your help! To be honest, I only have 3 objectives:

* protect the code from being copied to create another exact clone
* allow others to use my code on their own projects (even though it's a total mess and probably not that useful :P)
* not allow usage in a commercial environment. From what I understand, the hard part is the last one, since the source code does not have an EULA.

wraith808:
I went through this a little bit ago, and from my research, I'd say just write it, using another license as a base- or just use the CC-BY-NC-SA that you're using as they just recommend that you don't use it, mostly because of the terminology, which really only comes into effect if you plan on enforcing it through legal means. 

The only way the license really means anything is if it is enforced, and the only way that happens if you're not going to do it is by using a license that the FSF (I hate that appropriation of the word free... but that's a bigger issue) supports, so that they can go after the offender.

A couple of references that I found before:
http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/110583/software-license-restricting-commercial-usage-like-cc-by-nc-sa

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12002553/similar-license-like-creative-commons-by-nc-sa-but-for-software-on-github

http://www.quora.com/What-software-license-is-closest-to-a-Creative-Commons-BY-NC-SA

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