Possible to "dual license" open source Clojure project under EPL with commercial option?

[Michael Bradley, Jr.]

Do any Clojure developers have experience with "dual licensing" an open source Clojure project under the EPL with the option of a commercial license?

I have in mind corporate customer-developers for one of my projects who aren't comfortable with the terms of the EPL – i.e. they desire to embrace and extend without bumping into the reciprocal clauses of the EPL.

It seems to me the EPL doesn't prohibit the option of a commercial license.  But I'm wondering if this kind of thing has been done or is being done with EPL'd open source Clojure codebases.

I'm sure I would need the services of an IP lawyer to make sure the fine print is in good order, but I would appreciate input from the readers here as well.

Thanks.

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Michael Bradley

@michaelsbradley

[Softaddicts]

This may help you.

http://www.eclipse.org/legal/eplfaq.php#USEINANOTHER

If you are not modifying/reusing the licensed source code
in your own code and are using the licensed software as a binary component
then what you create on top of it is your own.

I you touch the source code of the licensed software in any way then it becomes
more complex. You have to make the source code of your mods
available (assuming you distribute your software in any way)
and it has to be licensed under the EPL.

And this may in turn restrict how you license your own creation.

If you avoid the latter case, you should be fine.

Luc P.

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[Softaddicts]

Re-reading your email, I realize that you may want to license the
same code both as an open source and as a commercial
product.

From a customer perspective, if they use it as a binary why not.
If you are the author of the software you can license it as you wish.
Now if your customer get access to the same source code that may be hard to
manage.

Can you clarify a bit your intent ?

Luc P.