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Add non-commercial licenses #1215

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EwoutH opened this issue Apr 25, 2024 · 2 comments
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Add non-commercial licenses #1215

EwoutH opened this issue Apr 25, 2024 · 2 comments

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@EwoutH
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EwoutH commented Apr 25, 2024

Currently all licenses allow commercial use. While in many cases that’s fine, there is a use case in non-commercial licenses, and it would be nice to have a few options listed.

One use case would be making source code available for individuals and researchers, but don’t allow commercial use by default. In some cases this might be combined with more permissive licensing on case/contract basis.

Having a non-commercial license is in many cases more free than “No license” situation.

Two potential options to add are:

@javf88
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javf88 commented Oct 2, 2024

I do support the motion inhere.
Is there any legal restriction if I just add it?
The fact that the GitHub does not list the BY-NC 4.0 does not mean I cannot add such a license right?

It would be nice also to clarify this.

@tyoc213
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tyoc213 commented Oct 6, 2024

As far as I know you can put whatever text you want in LICENSE

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