Choosing the right license

[Mark Hatch]

>Nearest thing I can think of is to start off with the GPL, then add a
>rider along the lines of "if you sell this software or derived works, or
>if you sell any service based on this software, then with every fee-
>carrying transaction you must notify the customer of the full text of
>this license, including the phrase IF YOU ARE PAYING FOR THIS SERVICE
>YOU CAN GET THE SOFTWARE THAT SUPPLIES IT FOR FREE AT http://somewhere/".
>

The intention here sounds similar to the Open Motif Public License (sic) 
and the QPL. The OMPL requires royalties for use on non-"open systems" and 
the original QPL was open source only for non-commercial uses. The OMPL is 
*not* an open source license because of this clause. I've heard mixed 
opinions on the QPL, although I've a hard time understanding how it is 
different.

Mark
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