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Re:A Commercial Reuse License Can Be the Best of Both Worlds... by gwenzek on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @02:45PM (#16017431)
You didn't write the "automatic buy-out" clause is that intentional? I find it interesting because it allows big business to use your small project with an upper price tag, versus the current situation where they are afraid of mistakenly infringing IP because that opens to lawsuit with unbounded fines.
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Re:A Commercial Reuse License Can Be the Best of Both Worlds... by nqzero on Thursday December 28, 2017 @05:55PM (#16025794)
> You didn't write the "automatic buy-out" clause is that intentional?

i don't like the exclusive buy-out that the blog post mentions since that creates risk for other users

i toyed with a non-exclusive buyout but couldn't come up with anything i felt was general enough, and i wanted to keep the license as short as practical. however, a copyright owner could choose to offer such a guarantee in addition, and i'll take another look

i did include the "reasonable effort to comply" clause to try to avoid unbounded fines

what sort of a multiplier on the "full cost" do you think would work for you ?

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