Re: A dual license system for code libraries?

2017-02-27 Thread Mirko Boehm (FSFE)
Hello, > On 25 Feb 2017, at 09:54, Agner Fog wrote: > > Hi, I have a problem with several open source projects. Neither GPL nor LGPL > license seems to be appropriate. > > One such project is my C++ vector class library > (http://agner.org/optimize/#vectorclass >

Re: A dual license system for code libraries?

2017-02-27 Thread Agner Fog
On 27-02-2017 11:06, Mirko Boehm (FSFE) wrote: * You will need permission/license from the other contributors to sell proprietary licenses. * You need a scheme that fairly distributes the licensing revenue so that it motivates people to contribute. You could pay out shares of the

Re: A dual license system for code libraries?

2017-02-27 Thread Paul Boddie
On Monday 27. February 2017 14.40.50 Agner Fog wrote: > > The commercial users want an invoice and a piece of paper that says > "license". Some even require that I register into their database of > suppliers. Donation to charity doesn't fit into their administrative > routines, I guess. Or maybe t

Re: A dual license system for code libraries?

2017-02-27 Thread Mirko Boehm - FSFE
Hi! > On 27 Feb 2017, at 14:40, Agner Fog wrote: > > On 27-02-2017 11:06, Mirko Boehm (FSFE) wrote: >> You will need permission/license from the other contributors to sell >> proprietary licenses. >> You need a scheme that fairly distributes the licensing revenue so that it >> motivates people