QPL issue

Joachim Bauernberger bj at gmx.net
Mon Nov 19 14:43:19 UTC 2001


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On Monday 19 November 2001 15:14, you wrote:
> > I have been working on a software project which I intend to license under 
the
> > QPL. I have decided to choose this type of license because I thought I 
could
> > share my source with anybody interested in seeing it and also charge
> > non-commercial users such as ISP's, etc... with a fee to recover some of 
my
> > costs. Anybody else could use my program at no charge.
> 
> This is the QPL.  What about QPL clause 6b?
> 
> You can charge anyone whatever you want to give them a copy.  You are
> welcome to change ISPs something additional.  But once they have a
> copy, they have the freedom to distribute as many copies as they 
> want, and you get paid nothing for that.
> 
> 

Thanks for pointing this out to me. I thought that I have understood all 
points of the license (but obviously I haven't).

I think I have mixed 2 things up:
The QPL and the Qt Non Commercial license. 

However I think that the latter is not OSI approved. Is there any other 
similar license to that which would be OSI approved??
> 

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