Timeline for How to license open source service for commercial projects but restrict it to backend usage
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| Aug 20, 2023 at 21:48 | review | Close votes | |||
| Aug 28, 2023 at 3:09 | |||||
| Aug 20, 2023 at 21:28 | comment | added | Philip Kendall | Does this answer your question? Can I license my project with an open-source license but disallow commercial use? | |
| Jul 20, 2016 at 14:22 | answer | added | jgauffin | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 17, 2016 at 19:44 | vote | accept | alsdkjasdlkja | ||
| S Jul 17, 2016 at 19:44 | history | bounty ended | alsdkjasdlkja | ||
| S Jul 17, 2016 at 19:44 | history | notice removed | alsdkjasdlkja | ||
| Jul 15, 2016 at 17:29 | answer | added | Philippe Ombredanne | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jul 9, 2016 at 21:05 | answer | added | EMBLEM | timeline score: 2 | |
| S Jul 9, 2016 at 19:07 | history | bounty started | alsdkjasdlkja | ||
| S Jul 9, 2016 at 19:07 | history | notice added | alsdkjasdlkja | Draw attention | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 11:44 | comment | added | alsdkjasdlkja | I like the idea of open software. People can contribute, modify, etc. It really makes some software projects great. But changing a tiny bit and earning money with that? Nooo | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 7:29 | comment | added | MAP | Well, I think you should care. But, then again I hung out with many of the FSF and OSI people for many years. I believe in what they are trying to do, I'm just not fanatical enough about it to slog through all the organizational stuff to create an FSF or OSI. | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 7:25 | comment | added | alsdkjasdlkja | @MAP Oh okay :) I didn't know that. So I don't care if the project is "open source" or not, as long as there is a license that covers what I want to do | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 7:18 | comment | added | MAP | No. The term "Open Source" is defined by OSI, so see their web pages for the details. According to their definition, restrictions like you have on what I can do with it mean it's not "Open". They invented the term (to be specific to the goals they had) and it's a Trademark (at least in the US), so using it in violation of their rules could make you subject to litigation. | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 7:02 | comment | added | alsdkjasdlkja | @MAP Well, the source code is open, so it is open source, right? | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 1:36 | comment | added | MAP | You want to restrict what the user can do with it. Any license that does that violates the OSI rules, so it's not Open Source. | |
| Jul 5, 2016 at 17:00 | review | First posts | |||
| Jul 5, 2016 at 20:48 | |||||
| Jul 5, 2016 at 16:59 | history | asked | alsdkjasdlkja | CC BY-SA 3.0 |