Re: License question

[Colin Macdonald]

On 2019-04-03 10:33 a.m., GoSim wrote:
> Thanks for links again, I will look at them. The best license I have found so
> far is GPL with sole copyright holder. This is the model that Qt uses and I
> like it.

I agree that GPLv3+ with sole copyright holder offers the easiest route 
to brokering side deals (e.g., under an alternative license.)

There is one downside: potential contributors may well be put-off by 
having to assign copyright, especially given the purpose of doing so. 
So it may be harder to grow a community around your project (compared to 
GPLv3+ w/o assignment).

I have no data about how much this matters in practice.  I suspect 
GPLv3+ w/o assignment would be fine.  Getting major contributors onboard 
to a commercial opportunity later might sounds like it could be 
complicated but probably isn't too hard in practice.  Again, no data, 
just my feelings.

best,
Colin