From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Jul 23 13:20:04 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 459EBD7E1D1 for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2017 13:20:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peo@intersonic.se) Received: from neonpark.inter-sonic.com (neonpark.inter-sonic.com [212.247.8.98]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "neonpark.inter-sonic.com", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F1FE31791 for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2017 13:20:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peo@intersonic.se) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at Intersonic AB DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intersonic.se; s=INTERSONICSE; t=1500815993; bh=eGg6EKljmPs9uksKNz0LMzgbPW7Fv+0O/0mggagEm3Q=; h=Subject:To:Cc:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=fiqrODlvPZHSncESBDN3Pyq2UqwBINZpngLtxJHPFtz7+46fWXtgw/JdwHUuxS/g0 pt8rn4chc+tW9R6B2JrG8WrglQePzwGbbMQNCEWP/7r4WpMl/KjI+500kKWzvg4kt2 wTcPVi5w56oDL6FZwCTDeHBvA2MYwq+fRqkJngSQ= Subject: Re: BSD question To: Michael Schuster Cc: Anna Hall , freeBSD Mailing List References: From: Per olof Ljungmark Organization: Intersonic AB Message-ID: <415253a2-5410-a058-cb69-3e4dd2ed8bc9@intersonic.se> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 15:19:51 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 13:20:04 -0000 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" 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- >> unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Per olof Ljungmark CEO -- M: +46 707 50 20 46 Intersonic AB Stockholm, Sweden SE556539368201