Re: [Wxdevide-devs] code license consern

[Tony R. <tb...@gm...>]

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> For me personally I have no concerns what license the project remains under
> or whether someone runs off and makes a fortune. I have never had any
> pretensions to be Bill Gates and purely code for my own enjoyment. If
> someone else makes money out of it well good for them.
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I agree 100%. In my view, anyone can do anything they want with my code so
long as they don't interfere with my ability to do anything I want with my
code (Viva Liberte!).


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> Therefore maybe you need a license that makes the source code open, any
> changes need to come back to the developers, you can compile the code for
> your own use, but any binaries created from the source code cannot be
> redistributed for commercial gain, except by the say so of the production
> team. Then would enable the majority of end users to do what they want, use
> the product, fix bugs and make changes, but keep the end product as ours.
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I don't know any existing license which does this. If we really want
something that will only allow us to make money, then we'd need to come up
with a custom license. That would mean we'd need a lawyer to write it.
Otherwise, I doubt it would hold up in court if it were actually tested.

So my vote is still with keeping the wxWindows licensing and handling the
creeps by shaming them publicly. If a creep sells our binaries for $10,000,
we can always sell them for $100 and drive him out of business. ;>)

-Tony