[mdlug] License help needed

[Robert Meier]

David F,

>> ... I am writing some software that I want to release under a license
>> that is less than 100% free (I want to deny licensees the freedom to
>> sell my software without contributing some of the profits to me). ...
>> 1. GPL but restricted: you can't sell it
> Then it's not GPL. The GPL is designed so you can't put such restrictions.
> ... free for noncommercial use, ... 

Just to clarify, "free for noncommercial use" is a legal phrase you can
insert into the appropriate part (e.g. Permitted Uses, Limitations, ...)
of a commercial license.  The phrase is not, by itself, a license or
copyright notice

> http://freshmeat.net/faq/view/48/

Hopefully helpful,
-- 
Dr. Robert J. Meier