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AlexChesser / lgtm-shipit

The project organization repository for the LGTM: ShipIt! podcast.
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Choose a "PERMISSIVE" license #17

Closed AlexChesser closed 3 years ago

AlexChesser commented 3 years ago

do it!

chillfox commented 3 years ago

If you intend on making money off this then consider how the licensing you chose will impact monetization options before picking a license and what you opensource. It's all about tradeoffs and, a little thinking and planning now can prevent headaches down the line.

AlexChesser commented 3 years ago

Thanks ChillFox! A great point. I've been wondering if there are any repos where some folders are tagged in the ultra permissive MIT format while others are "free for usage by entities making less than ~$250k, education and not-for profit" but must be licensed at higher rates (a lot like we see on something like visual studio community edition or Unity).

The main differentiator I want to split out is a set of automation tools that I think professional users would be willing to pay for.

Maybe I just go MIT for this and keep the tools in a separate repo. I'll continue to "mull"

AlexChesser commented 3 years ago

After a couple of days of mulling it over: MIT is it.

I'm too early in the process to have anything to feel protective of. I may as well just be as open as possible. It seems to have worked out OK for Linus Torvalds and Ton Roosendaal. If they can do it then maybe I can too.

If anything significant changes it looks like you can change a license pretty much at will.

You can't revoke a license on something that has been pushed ... which is totally fair.

AlexChesser commented 3 years ago

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It will have to change to something likely something like the Unity or Visual Studio Community Edition licenses where they're fully usable in a lot of conditions except by businesses making more than $250k/year in order to be able to charge a nominal fee to pay developers and make the project sustainable.