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Dual License Grid

Mithral License A
This license would traditionally be known as an academic use license. It guarantees that source is available, pure research can be done, and generally the state of human knowledge can be advanced. [very much like the current Cosm license]

Mithral License B
The commercial use part of the license. Allowing for commercial/private uses and closing of source. It extends the License A allowing for uses involving personal and corporate gain because everyone has bills to pay. Enterprise quality is expected from anything placed under this license including support and prompt problem resolution.

Goals
The goal is to construct a set of licenses that with the right "settings" cover all current licensing schemes. This applies not only to software but writings, databases, art, and other intelectual creations as well. If an old application is no longer maintained, you simply move it to the free setting - no more re-licensing mess. Other attempts to create a one license solution for software have failed in the past, hopefully this dual license solution will work for everything.

Example Grid

License A \ Licence B B - Not Available B - Free B - Low Cost B - High Cost
A - Not Available N/A Art, gifts, demos Shareware, music Commercial software, trade secrets
A - Free GPL License BSD License Publications (articles/papers), unpatented devices Commercial w/free academic use, patented devices
A - Low Cost irrational irrational Commercial w/source available Commercial w/academic pricing
A - High Cost irrational irrational irrational Commercial w/source available


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