"Matt.Wilkie" wrote: > Matt said: > >> The license I'd like should: > >> > >> - be free of charge, money for distribution and handling is okay > > Peter said: > >This will probably may make it non-free. > >If you want to keep people from merging your data into an > >expensive data set and selling the whole, use the GPL. > > Mmm. I don't it being merged into an expensive data set, but > my contribution should not be the one to set the dollar value. > ie - proprietary data set A costs $5k, combine it with my data > should not make the collection cost $10k. Does that make any > sense?
Yes, then avoid using the GPL. It doesn't prevent selling, but the derived product must also be GPLed (so it's not likely to be used on a proprietary expensive data set). Loon into the oether licenses suggested earlier. Peter