[mdlug] License help needed

[Raymond McLaughlin]

Robert Meier wrote:
> 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

On the other hand "commercial use" would usually be construed to include
use in a commercial setting as well redistribution by sales.


>> http://freshmeat.net/faq/view/48/
> 
> Hopefully helpful,