<div dir="ltr">How about:<div><ul><li>TGGPL <a href="https://github.com/zooko/tgppl">https://github.com/zooko/tgppl</a> (not OSI approved)</li><li>BSL <a href="https://mariadb.com/bsl11">https://mariadb.com/bsl11</a> (not OSI approved)</li><li>Discussion on Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_models_for_open-source_software#Delayed_open-sourcing">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_models_for_open-source_software#Delayed_open-sourcing</a></li></ul><div>This approach is deeply flawed as it (at best) hinders collaboration[1] and prevents innovate alternate uses of parts of the code by unknown others[2]. </div></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Simon</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>[1]: <a href="https://meshedinsights.com/2017/10/31/permission-in-advance/">https://meshedinsights.com/2017/10/31/permission-in-advance/</a></div><div>[2]: <a href="https://meshedinsights.com/2018/02/15/unknown-others/">https://meshedinsights.com/2018/02/15/unknown-others/</a></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 9:40 PM, John Dupuy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john@cattailcreek9.com" target="_blank">john@cattailcreek9.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">As I could not find anything comparable, I actually wrote a new license last year I called "MR5A". I used it for my first mobile app, which I'm distributing on Google Play. I'm now using on a few more applications. A few folks I know are considering using it.<br>
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But, before things keep going ... and I know the last thing the world need is yet another license ... I'd like to ask he experts on this list a few questions:<br>
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1. Is there a license similar to this anywhere else? If so, I'll adopt that one and suppress this one.<br>
2. Do you see any huge downsides to this license?<br>
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Details: <a href="https://www.makerredux.com/license/MR5.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.makerredux.com/<wbr>license/MR5.html</a><br>
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This is a two-phase license:<br>
A. For 5 years it is a commercial license. The source code is merely viewable for educational purposes, but is not open.<br>
B. After the 5 year expiration, the source code becomes fully permissive open source.<br>
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The license states explicitly that any code added during the 5 years does not change the expiration deadline. So any new code or changed code is commercial for LESS than 5 years.<br>
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The license also includes assets such as pictures and sounds if they are part of the source code "repository".<br>
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Thoughts?<br>
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Thanks in advance on any advice or feedback!<br>
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John Dupuy<br>
<a href="mailto:john@cattailcreek9.com">john@cattailcreek9.com</a><br>
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