Dual licensing GPL for fame and profit

Re:Dual licensing GPL for fame and profit by d0100 on Sunday October 04, 2020 @10:09AM (#24679172)

I have one big issue with Commercial + GPL: It de facto prevents small players from using the software commercially.

It is prohibitively expensive for non dollar-based economies to pay for USD commercial products.

Sure, we are probably not the target demographic, but we exist

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Re:Dual licensing GPL for fame and profit by l3s2d on Sunday October 04, 2020 @08:41PM (#24683505)

Small players are still free to use the software under the terms of the GPL. What if the software were only available under the GPL with no commercial licensing option? The small players would be in the same scenario.

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Re:Dual licensing GPL for fame and profit by hgs3 on Sunday October 04, 2020 @11:11AM (#24679593)

Couldn't this be solved by having the cost of the commercial license flex based on operating income, development budget, or team size?

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Re:Dual licensing GPL for fame and profit by naniwaduni on Sunday October 04, 2020 @04:02PM (#24681853)

Not really, because having variable license costs imposes nontrivial fixed costs just to price out the license.

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Re:Dual licensing GPL for fame and profit by davisr on Sunday October 04, 2020 @07:23PM (#24683059)

This is a misconception--you may sell GPL software directly. I do, and I make a living with it.

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