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Non Commercial GPL

1 points by Maskawanian ↗ HN
Does anyone know if a BY-NC-SA version of the GPL exists? The closest thing I can find is the Creative Commons version ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ ). Unfortunately from what I read this is primarily intended for "works of art", not for software.

Thanks in advance.

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wmf
It's hard enough to make money from GPL'ed software; a non-commercial variant seems redundant.
Maskawanian
Well that isn't really the point. The point is so that those who want to use your software commercially would theoretically have to negotiate a different license with you. It may be self defeating in a way, but it would be nice to have the option.
wmf
Just release plenty of FUD about "virality" and the customers will line up for the commercial license. See MySQL.