[License-review] For Approval: Convertible Free Software License, Version 1.1 (C-FSL v1.1)

[Elmar Stellnberger]

The problem about dual licensing is that I can not be sure whether I may 
use contributions made to the open source branch of the project. I would 
have to reprogram every patch sent to the open source branch in order to 
assimilate it in the proprietary branch. - and then there are patches so 
tiny that you can not reprogram them. That is a problem although tiny 
patches where there is no other way to achieve the same functionality 
should not fall under copyright law.

On 10/1/18 11:30 PM, Bruce Perens wrote:
> Dual-licensing is a well-developed strategy for mixing pure Open Source 
> licensing with paid licensing producing income, with both sides 
> producing benefit for the other. It sounds like some of the people 
> commenting haven't learned about it. It is legally much better 
> structured than the submitted license, in part because of the use of a 
> contributor license agreement. There is also the potential for a 
> covenant back to the developer preventing the product from being taken 
> entirely private.
> 
>      Thanks
> 
>      Bruce
> 
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