MIT for Noncommercial is Broken — /dev/lawyer
writing.kemitchell.com · 401 words · saved by 1 readers
use a real noncommercial software license
January 21, 2022 MIT for Noncommercial is Brokenuse a real noncommercial software license I recently read through James Turner’s “Open Source Has a Funding Problem” on the Stack Overflow blog. I recommend it. Great addition to all the new writing on open software funding and business realities. There was one minor error that bothered me, mentioned just in passing: For example, having a dual licensing of MIT for non-commercial and a custom license for commercial purposes. I get what that means. I think others will, too. But legally, it doesn’t work. Don’t say “MIT, but only for…
saved by
related reading
- The Technium: Ideas Want to be Sharedkk.org
- Why I used to prefer permissive licenses and now favor copyleftvitalik.eth.limo
- Open Source is not a Business Modelcra.mr
- Laws of Tech: Commoditize Your Complement · Gwern.netgwern.net
- The Future of Open Education at MIT/Harvardblog.aayushg.com
- In Search of Organic Softwarepketh.org
- You don’t have to be a founder | MIT Admissionsmitadmissions.org
- More Money For Better Open-Source Softwaremarijnhaverbeke.nl
- Open-core modelen.wikipedia.org
- GitHub - nayafia/lemonade-stand: A handy guide to financial support for open sourcegithub.com
- software licenses by AJ.pdfdrive.google.com
- 오픈소스 라이선스 변화의 흐름tech.kakao.com