On 25-02-2017 14:44, Paul Boddie wrote:
...this is almost like asking for business adviceDon't get me wrong. It is not my goal to make money. My goal is to make free software libraries.
You have to remember that Free Software is all about end-user empowerment. IfThat's the nature of a software library. It can be used in many different contexts - free as well as proprietary.
a user gets a binary that gives them none of the privileges of Free Software
then it doesn't matter in practice what went into making that software: they
are being denied the ability to participate in controlling what that software
- the actual thing they obtained, not part of it - actually is or does.
Where a scheme advocates putting proprietary software in front of users, it is
not going to get the support of the FSF, because even the LGPL is effectively
a barely palatable concession to the idea that Free Software might be used in
proprietary software under certain circumstances. I don't think you should
expect the FSFE to take a different position.
I think that more attention should be given to funding mechanisms for FreeThis is indeed what I am proposing. The problem is that we need an organization to handle the money.
Software.
For what it's worth, you could look at what existing businesses have done inBut I don't want to make a company - I just want to make code
this area already. There have been several companies that have offered dual-
licensing schemes, and some of them may even have offered something resembling
what you are trying to achieve.