Re: [Wxdevide-devs] code license consern

[Malcolm N. <m.n...@wa...>]

Tony Reina wrote:
>
>
>     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.
>
> 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!).

OK beaten into submission.

>
>
>     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.
>
> 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. ;>)
>

Then I'll side with the majority, so I assume that this means wxWidgets 
License.

Mal