[TriLUG] Licensing software

[Jeremy Portzer]

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Randy Crews wrote:

> I'm looking for open source software to embed in a program that controls
> licensing and time limits for trials.  
> 
> Any suggestions
> 
> Randy 

Um, that seems horribly ironic.

I'm not sure that you'll find many open source developers working on such 
a thing, since its use goes against the pihlosophy.

Plus, such software couldn't be licensed under the GNU GPL, which doesn't 
allow GPL'd software to be a portion of non-Free software.  (Free in the 
"freedom" sense, not the "beer" sense.)  Though a BSD-style license might 
be feasible.

--Jeremy

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