Licensing question

[Clayton Dukes]

Thanks guys,
But I had my answer after the first few replies :-)


On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:59 AM, jonathon <jonathon.blake at gmail.com> wrote:
> Clayton Dukes wrote:
>
>> 1. I want to allow smaller companies, say less than 50 employees, use
> my software free of charge.
>
> Which means that a company that has one thousand temps, and one
> permanent employee can use your software free of charge.
>
> And if a company has fifty one permanent employees it has to pay for it.
>
> If those are not the scenarios you intended, rethink what you do intend,
> and rewrite that intention accordingly.
>
>> 2. Larger companies will pay a licensing fee (based on the size of the
> company).
>
> *  An automobile manufacturer with 500 full time employees is consider
> to be "small business".
> *  A stamp dealer with 20 employees is considered to be "a very large
> business".
>
> * A SOHO that generates more than US$1,000,000 gross revenue per year is
> one that is doing very well;
> * A retail store that generates less than US$1,000,000 gross revenue
> year, is one that is heading into bankruptcy;
>
> Think about how you are defining, and applying the term "larger
> company". Also think about the metrics that you are using for that
> definition.
>
>> 3. Any modifications/bug fixes should be shared back.
>
> What happens when the person, or organization can not _legally_ share
> their modifications/ bug fixes with you?
>
> What happens when the modifications/bug fixes that are shared back, are
> rejected by your organization?
>
> I don't know how often those scenarios occur, but every major FLOSS
> project has had to deal with both of those scenarios, at least once, in
> the last five years.
>
>> 4. Users cannot use my code in a commercial product without my permission.
>
> How do you define "commercial product"?
>
> Or more precisely, what  will you do when somebody claims, and provides
> supporting documentation that their software, is non-commercial, even
> though it is being sold through non-gratis retail channels?
>
> jonathon
>



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