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saibotsivad
opened on Aug 22, 2018
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The section defining "sell" raised a question:
“Sell” means practicing any or all of the rights granted to you under the License to provide to third parties, for a fee or other consideration (including without limitation fees for hosting or consulting/ support services related to the Software), a product or service whose value derives, entirely or substantially, from the functionality of the Software.
The relevant section of that paragraph being the following:
to provide to third parties, for a fee ... consulting/ support services related to the Software
That sounds like I couldn't offer consulting specializing in software that uses the Commons Clause.
For example, if this clause were applied to something like MySQL, I wouldn't be able to offer services like:
* Pay me X$ and I will install and configure a MySQL server.
* Pay me X$ and I will fix your broken MySQL server.
* Pay me X$ and I will consult you on what sort of MySQL server you need for your business.
Question: is preventing examples like I listed one of the goals of the Commons Clause?
I think the motivation for the Commons Clause in general is well explained, but it would be useful to expound a bit more on what the reasoning is in having the "consulting/support" clause. More details would be helpful in understanding motivation and intent for companies who want to use this license addendum.
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