On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 09:25:46AM -0400, Byron A Jeff wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 04:50:25AM +0100, Sergio Masci wrote:
>
> > I really don't expect any recompense for helping hobbyists and students but
> > I do for helping professionals who are using my work to earn money
> > themselves.
>
> As it should be, again except in the case of Open Source, where the author
> specifically gives permission.
>
> I've always wanted an Open Source license that required royalties for
> commercial use. Like you I think it's fair to give back a portion of the
> proceeds when you incorporate someone else's work, then sell it. But issues
> in the distribution of royalites (You write 3000 lines of code (LOC) initiating
> the project, I then add a 50 LOC function enhancing it. Do I get a cut of the
> royalties?) and the inevitable enforcement issue had curtailed the quest.

Trolltech (www.trolltech.no) have a dual licensed library called QT that the KDE
project uses.  It's basically free (cost) for non commercial purposes, but there
is a licensing fee if you are using it in a commercial product.

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