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Rename Polyform-Noncompete #66

Closed kemitchell closed 5 years ago

kemitchell commented 5 years ago

A few folks have brought up potential confusion between Polyform-Noncommercial and Polyform-Noncompete at various times. I agree that they feel uncomfortably close and confusion-prone.

A few alternatives:

On first glance, I think I would prefer Polyform-Competition.

mlinksva commented 5 years ago

With the exception of Strict, the released Polyform licenses say what they allow. If Strict followed that I guess it would be something like Noncommercial Internal Unmodified Use?

Personally I'd live with the potential confusion: both noncommercial and noncompete are widely used terms and don't have fantastic...substitutes.

Noncompetitive Use might discourage confusion, is close to the expected term, even more clearly communicates what is allowed, and mirrors Internal Use.

However, of the alternatives you list I also prefer Competition.

kemitchell commented 5 years ago

@mlinksva, I immediately received private feedback against a rename, as well.

I agree that Polyform-Nonc* could trip some people up. But I think the obvious name for the license in Polyform-Noncompete. Both "noncommercial" and "noncompete" are established terms and concepts.