A Software License That's Libre But Not Gratis? 246
duncan bayne writes "My company is developing some software using Ruby. It's proprietary software — decidedly not free-as-in-beer — but I don't want to tie my customers down with the usual prohibitions on reverse engineering, modification, etc. After all, they're licensing the product from us, so I think they should be able to use it as they see fit. Does anyone know of an existing license that could be used in this case? Something that gives the customer the freedom to modify the product as they want, but prohibits them from creating derivative works, or redistributing it in any fashion?"
Re:And your asking slashdot why? (Score:4, Funny)
A basic search will turn up a lot of licenses, how can you be so lazy that you can't type something into Google but are able to submit a Slashdot story?
It's not laziness. We just love seeing you get your knickers in a twist.
Re:And your asking slashdot why? (Score:4, Funny)
Because it's not about helping, it's about feeling better about himself by proving his intellectual superiority in a public forum.
Just like I did right there ;-)
Re:And your asking slashdot why? (Score:2, Funny)
*ducks*
*rabbits*