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Which license should we pick?

Which license should we pick?“Dual license: AGPL for everyone, commercial for whoever wants out.”Greg Hollis, The Hedger

💡 WHY GREG IS RIGHT

Dual licensing keeps the most doors open. The community gets real open source under the AGPL, while companies that cannot accept copyleft can buy a commercial license that funds the project. A contributor agreement preserves the option to relicense later, and a business source license that converts to open source after a few years is a similar hedge. The decision is postponed rather than lost, which is the whole point.

✅ RIGHT WHEN

The company owns all the copyright and might build a business on the project.

🚩 TOO FAR WHEN

The contributor agreement scares off every outside contributor, and the commercial license has no customers.

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