<div dir="ltr"><div>-1<br><br></div>Violation of <br><h3><font><span style="font-weight:normal">1. Free Redistribution</span></font></h3><h3><font><span style="font-weight:normal">5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups</span></font></h3>
<h3><font><span style="font-weight:normal">6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor (may be)</span></font><br></h3>Although you are not asking, you can always free to put on any license term you choose. But if you want OSI blessing, please play by the rule.<br>
<br>What you are asking is for OSI to dilute their rules. That is not something I want so see so I vote against. I do not want OSI to create an exception for anyone including myself.<br><div><br><div><div><div class="gmail_extra">
<div>Best Regards,<br>Cinly<br><br>*****<br>Don't bother with footer please. I don't read them and will not be bounded by them.<br>It cannot be enforced legally anyway. If it can, then remember this: This footer always triumph yours.<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 19 September 2013 18:17, Pirmin Braun <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pb@intars.de" target="_blank">pb@intars.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
currently our "IntarS" ERP Software is released under GPL. But we want to be able obtain license fees from bigger commercial users.<br>
That's not possible with GPL or any other OSI approved license since it is a restriction to free use.<br>
Since we neither want to dual license nor Open Core we've created a draft expressing our thoughts of a new sort of license.<br>
We think it adresses a common issue and differs effectively very little from an OSI compliant license.<br>
So I'd like to share our thoughts: Maybe it is possible to add such an extension to the OSI Open Source Definition? Or create a new class of approved liceneses? Or at least coin a name for this sort of license?<br>
<br>
Here's the draft:<br>
<br>
// IntarS 7 ERP Framework<br>
// Author 1996-2013 Pirmin Braun<br>
// all Rights granted to and reserved by IntarS Unternehmenssoftware GmbH<br>
// Am Hofbrauhaus 1 - 96450 Coburg - GERMANY<br>
// <a href="http://www.intars.de" target="_blank">http://www.intars.de</a> <a href="mailto:info@intars.de">info@intars.de</a><br>
// licensed under IntarS Open Source Commercial License<br>
<br>
--- IntarS Open Source Commercial License (IOSCL) ---<br>
<br>
Preamble<br>
========<br>
Short Version: you can think of the IOSCL as the LGPL (tm) with license fees for bigger companies.<br>
It gives you all the freedoms, the GPL (tm) is meant for:<br>
- the freedom to use the software for any purpose,<br>
- the freedom to change the software to suit your needs,<br>
- the freedom to share the software with your friends and neighbors, and<br>
- the freedom to share the changes you make.<br>
<br>
But additionally it gives you and us the freedom to earn money based on heavy usage.<br>
As professional services are accepted to pay for, framework development is not.<br>
The Open Source idea of community development didn't work for the IntarS ERP framework.<br>
Framework development had to happen in spare time and at night and we had to hire professional<br>
programmers. While the license fees will be low enough not to hurt bigger companies,<br>
they will help paying further framework development. Also the certified IntarS Partners<br>
and other creators of derived work will benefit as they now may create their own price list<br>
for usage of their branch solutions.<br>
<br>
Your Rights<br>
===========<br>
IntarS Unternehmenssoftware GmbH grants you the right to<br>
use, redistribute, modify IntarS, create and/or distribute a derived work based on IntarS<br>
under these<br>
<br>
Conditions<br>
==========<br>
Redistributions of source code of IntarS or a derived work must retain the above copyright<br>
notice and this License.<br>
<br>
Redistributions in binary form of IntarS or a derived work must reproduce the above copyright<br>
notice and this License in a convenient manner.<br>
<br>
A derived work must provide the information, that it is based on IntarS and that the contained<br>
IntarS is licensed under this license.<br>
<br>
Usage of IntarS is free for private users, educational and non commercial organisations.<br>
<br>
For commercial organisations usage is free for the first 5 concurrent named users.<br>
Continued usage by exceeding concurrent named users needs to be licensed in a seperate, written<br>
license agreement with IntarS Unternehmenssoftware GmbH.<br>
This applies also to the IntarS contained in a derived work.<br>
Commercial organisations must immediately send a mail to <a href="mailto:info@intars.de">info@intars.de</a> to buy required licenses.<br>
<br>
Termination<br>
===========<br>
Failing to conform to a condition will automatically terminate your rights under this License<br>
and constitute a claim for compensation.<br>
<br>
Clarification<br>
=============<br>
You don't have to redistribute your derived work. If you do, you don't have to distribute source with your derived work.<br>
You are free how to license your derived work.<br>
For the IntarS contained in the derived work of certified IntarS Partners, IntarS Unternehmenssoftware GmbH takes<br>
only 30% of the regular license fee rate from the commercial end users.<br>
Special rates apply for SaaS hosters.<br>
IntarS Unternehmenssoftware GmbH pays a reward in amount of 10% of the license fee for hints detecting license infringements.<br>
IntarS Unternehmenssoftware GmbH pays for contribution to the framework.<br>
As of October 2013 The standard license fee for exceeding concurrent named users is one time 900,-- EUR and monthly 10,-- EUR.<br>
<br>
Disclaimer<br>
==========<br>
IntarS comes with absolutely no warranty of any kind to the extent of applicable law. Use on your own risk.<br>
--- end of License ---<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
--<br>
Pirmin Braun - IntarS Unternehmenssoftware GmbH - Am Hofbräuhaus 1 - 96450 Coburg<br>
<a href="tel:%2B49%202642%2040526292" value="+49264240526292">+49 2642 40526292</a> <a href="tel:%2B49%20174%209747584" value="+491749747584">+49 174 9747584</a> - skype:pirminb <a href="http://www.intars.de" target="_blank">www.intars.de</a> <a href="mailto:pb@intars.de">pb@intars.de</a><br>
Geschäftsführer: Pirmin Braun, Ralf Engelhardt Registergericht: Amtsgericht Coburg HRB3136<br>
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