[OT] Hybrid open-source licenses?

[Johannes Zarl-Zierl]

Dear Bogdan,

Am Sonntag, 24. Jänner 2021, 20:36:28 CET schrieb Bogdan Tanygin:
> Does it make sense to work on?

The conventional wisdom for creating a new FLOSS license is: don't.

Even if you somehow manage to create the perfect license text that embodies 
the ideas and goals that you want to achieve with the license, consider the 
following:

Do you want to use code licensed under different FLOSS licenses? Without 
paying a lawyer to assess license compatibility?

Do you want others to be able to use your code? Without paying a lawyer to 
assess license compatibility?

Are you prepared to enforce your license in court? Even though there are no 
prior court rulings that apply to your license in particular?

In short: you would make your own and other people's lives harder for very 
little benefit. Many people who care about licenses will probably ignore your 
project for the sole reason of it having an unusual license.


I hope this was not too harsh an answer.

Kind regards,
  Johannes