Comment Another problem with NCL (Score 2) 222
I agree with the folks who think this thing is bad juju. It's basically the same as "Free for noncommercial use" only with that clause expiring. That's not free software.
Anyway my question is, how will this thing work in real life? Say I write SuperWidget 1.0 under the NCL, Bob comes along and modifies it, Larry modifies that. Then Will Fences decides he wants to make a commercial app from Larry's code: does he have to pay Bob and me, too? Seems like that could snowball quickly, making the license something businesses would want to avoid, not embrace.
--B
Anyway my question is, how will this thing work in real life? Say I write SuperWidget 1.0 under the NCL, Bob comes along and modifies it, Larry modifies that. Then Will Fences decides he wants to make a commercial app from Larry's code: does he have to pay Bob and me, too? Seems like that could snowball quickly, making the license something businesses would want to avoid, not embrace.
--B
