<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_6917">> i have searched the archive, and something similar has been asked<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_6916">before, but i did not find a solution... (and probably 'the best<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_6915">licence' is not the same for everyone)<br></div><div>i want to:<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_6914"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_6957">> -encourage (re)using and building upon my patches and sharing the results.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_8270"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_6913">If that's what you want, evidence suggests that the way to go is a copyleft license <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_8269">like the GPL. You'd still have to decide whether you want v2, v3, v2-or-later, or <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_8268">v3-or-later, but that's outside the scope of your question.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_8267"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_8266">David Wheeler has written some articles on why and how the GPL encourages sharing <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_8291">improvements.<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_8265"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_8264">> -not lock anyone (especially myself ;)) out from using<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_8293">my patches in a commercial and closed 'environment' (like<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_8294">a game on steam or an android/ios-app)</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_8263"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_8372">If that's what you want, you need a non-copyleft license like 3-clause BSD <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_8373">which allows use in proprietary software.</div><div><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_8374">***<br></div><div><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_8262">If you want both at the same time, you'll need to do it manually. That is, you <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_8242" dir="ltr">license your software as GPL for everyone, then sell exceptions to specific parties <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_8375">who want to use your code in proprietary settings. To figure out the best way to <br></div><div dir="ltr">go about that you'll probably want to contact a lawyer who specializes in software <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_8376">licensing.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492785628206_8377">-Jonathan<br></div></div></body></html>