Re: draft of a new Open Source Commercial License

[David Chisnall]

On 18 Sep 2013, at 13:57, Markus Hitter <mah@jump-ing.de> wrote:

> Perhaps this distinction is too complex. Non-commercial use -> free,
> commercial use -> pay. Things have to be simple.

Non-commercial use is a sticky point, especially for web apps.  For example, if 
I run a free service that runs the web app and allows anyone to use it, am I 
commercial?  What happens if I put ads on it?  What about if the ads are only 
covering the cost of hosting it?  The FSF web site has a lot of text about the 
problems with NC licenses, so I won't bother reiterating them. 

David

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