Charging for phpBB MODs?
Posted: 22 Feb 2007, 14:01
Our MODs are licensed under the GNU/GPLv2 License with clearly states that we may charge for the distribution of the source code, however we cannot charge directly for the code.
So the only logical way I can think of doing this is having a "try before you buy" system, where people can freely use my MODs with the copyright in place, or pay me a small fee to have the copyright notice removed.
If they were to remove the copyright notice without my permission I could sue them on a GPL violation for stealing my source code and claiming it as their own.
The reason I am bringing this up is because phpBB3 is near and I am planning to stop all free modifications, the reason being I have no solid income and there is high demand for these phpBB3 modifications, in fact I have already done a couple of paid requests before the software has gone gold.
Anyways, what are your views on charging for MODs? Because I honestly don't see the logic in spending thousands of hours writing code for somebody else to use without getting something in return.
So the only logical way I can think of doing this is having a "try before you buy" system, where people can freely use my MODs with the copyright in place, or pay me a small fee to have the copyright notice removed.
If they were to remove the copyright notice without my permission I could sue them on a GPL violation for stealing my source code and claiming it as their own.
The reason I am bringing this up is because phpBB3 is near and I am planning to stop all free modifications, the reason being I have no solid income and there is high demand for these phpBB3 modifications, in fact I have already done a couple of paid requests before the software has gone gold.
Anyways, what are your views on charging for MODs? Because I honestly don't see the logic in spending thousands of hours writing code for somebody else to use without getting something in return.