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Gawd
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My friend and I are planning to write some custom software for our school over the summer. We are of course going to be compensated for our time and effort.
However, we definitely like open source and free software, so we are looking for creative ways to license it that ensure we are compensated but still allow user end code modification and redistribution.
One option we were looking at was to distribute the software for free, and then offer paid contracts for setup and support. We were also perhaps considering allowing paid users to modify the code for their internal use, without authorizing free redistribution.
Basically we are trying to build a half-breed between a commercial and OSS product. For those of you who have traveled this road before, any advice/ideas?
However, we definitely like open source and free software, so we are looking for creative ways to license it that ensure we are compensated but still allow user end code modification and redistribution.
One option we were looking at was to distribute the software for free, and then offer paid contracts for setup and support. We were also perhaps considering allowing paid users to modify the code for their internal use, without authorizing free redistribution.
Basically we are trying to build a half-breed between a commercial and OSS product. For those of you who have traveled this road before, any advice/ideas?