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JGPaiva's GridMove and Ahk Tools / Re: GridMove needs a new licensing scheme, please help
« Last post by jgpaiva on March 08, 2011, 04:33 PM »nudone, from what I understand, anyone is free to create anything just like GridMove.
What the CC license stipulates is that if you use GridMove's code, you can't make a profit from it. But you are free to modify it in whatever way you want, as long as you redistribute it the same way I distribute it.
The problem with the CC license is that it imposes no limits on the use of the software, only on the distribution. No one can make money out of GridMove's code (and binaries) distribution. However, everyone can use it freely (regardless of being a home or enterprise user).
I've already looked around a bit and couldn't find anything suitable, especially taking into account the fact that the code is free. All open-source licenses seem to be centered more on what you can and can't do with the code, and not on the use of the binaries themselves.
To be completely honest, I'm not terribly worried about this, as I think using an "informal" license as mouser does should work well, and my current CC scheme has been working as well. What I'm trying to do is getting better informed on all this license stuff.
A few weeks ago someone from an enterprise told me they couldn't use it due to the current licensing scheme (they considered CC incompatible with an enterprise environment). I even I told them I didn't care for the money (since they really only needed one user), but they needed a "formal" way of saying it, I needed to have a license stating it.
What the CC license stipulates is that if you use GridMove's code, you can't make a profit from it. But you are free to modify it in whatever way you want, as long as you redistribute it the same way I distribute it.
The problem with the CC license is that it imposes no limits on the use of the software, only on the distribution. No one can make money out of GridMove's code (and binaries) distribution. However, everyone can use it freely (regardless of being a home or enterprise user).
I've already looked around a bit and couldn't find anything suitable, especially taking into account the fact that the code is free. All open-source licenses seem to be centered more on what you can and can't do with the code, and not on the use of the binaries themselves.
To be completely honest, I'm not terribly worried about this, as I think using an "informal" license as mouser does should work well, and my current CC scheme has been working as well. What I'm trying to do is getting better informed on all this license stuff.
A few weeks ago someone from an enterprise told me they couldn't use it due to the current licensing scheme (they considered CC incompatible with an enterprise environment). I even I told them I didn't care for the money (since they really only needed one user), but they needed a "formal" way of saying it, I needed to have a license stating it.
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