BSD question

[Per olof Ljungmark]

On 2017-07-23 14:24, Michael Schuster wrote:
> As I understand it - though I'm no lawyer by any stretch, nor do I speak
> for anyone - you as the creator of the software get to choose under what
> license you publish it (search eg for "beer license" to see how much
> freedom of choice you have).
> If you use other open source software and incorporate it into your product,
> you may be allowed to charge for the *product* (again, depending on what
> license that SW is using), but in most cases you'll have to leave the
> license of the sources you used unchanged.
> 

The BSD license is very liberal when it comes to derivative work, it is 
pretty well described in several places, for example

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses

However, you should always consult a proper lawyer, makes mistakes can 
be very expensive.

//per

> 
> On 23 Jul 2017 1:54 pm, "Anna Hall" <anna at thinkst.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>>
>> I have read through all your information on your website, but still have a
>> question that I am hoping someone can answer for me.
>>
>> We currently have open source software with a BSD licence.  The changes we
>> want to make are as follows:
>>
>> We still want anyone to access, downlaod, change, adapt the software
>> however they want.  However, when they want to apply it to a commercial
>> setting, then they need to buy a licence from us.  The reason for this is
>> that we are putting a lot of man-hours into improving the software.
>>
>> Is it possible to maintain our BSD licence, but just include a
>> non-commercial clause/ "if you want to use this in a commercial setting,
>> please email xxxx for a quote for a licence"
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Kind Regards
>>
>> Anna Hall
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