[squeak-dev] FOSS Licensing

David O'Toole deeteeoh1138 at gmail.com
Mon Dec 26 09:00:38 UTC 2022


I think the Free Software definition requires that the user have the
freedom to use the software for any purpose, including commercial. I am not
a lawyer, but I have understood this to imply that restricting commercial
use would make the license a non-Free one.

On Sun, Dec 25, 2022 at 11:31 PM rabbit <rabbit at callistohouse.org> wrote:

> I am unfamiliar with FOSS licensing. Does anyone know about an open source
> license that allows free use for free software, but requires payment if its
> uses are for commercial software?
>
> •••
> 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙋𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪
> 𝙛𝙤𝙧
> 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙨𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨!
> *Arrivederci, rabbit • D*𝙖𝙩𝙨𝙪𝙣 𝟮𝟰𝟬𝙕 • 🐰
>
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