Which is license for open source but prohibiting commercial?
Published versions (changed or unchanged) must include a reference to the origin of the code (my extension source code) That sounds like attribution, which most open source licenses require. I am pretty sure that if you want to prohibit the usage of the packed extension (no matter by whom), you’d not even be allowed to publish on AMO.
Can a corporation use an open source software?
Corporations can use MIT licensed software any way they want. They can take your open source software and build closed-source and commercial products based on it. They have no legal reasons to contribute back to the open source. What are the benefits of the MIT license?
Why is Google against the open source license?
Google is opposed to the AGPL and state: “Code licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) MUST NOT be used at Google”. The goal of the AGPL license is to maximize user freedom and to encourage companies to contribute to open source.
Is there an open source version of plausible analytics?
Plausible Analytics is a software as a service open source web analytics project. With the increase in popularity of Plausible in recent months, we’ve become aware that there are risks associated with permissive open source licenses that corporations that don’t care about open source are happy to take advantage of.
Can you sell software under an open source license?
You can even sell Open Source software. However, note that commercial is not the same as proprietary. If you receive software under an Open Source license, you can always use that software for commercial purposes, but that doesn’t always mean you can place further restrictions on people who receive the software from you.
Do you need a copyright license for open source?
But because the legal default is still exclusive copyright, you need a license that explicitly states these permissions. If you don’t apply an open source license, everybody who contributes to your project also becomes an exclusive copyright holder of their work.
Do you have to have open source license to use GitHub?
Finally, your project may have dependencies with license requirements that you weren’t aware of. Your project’s community, or your employer’s policies, may also require your project to use specific open source licenses. We’ll cover these situations below. Are public GitHub projects open source?