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by theamk 2021 days ago
Is this going to be fixed/known price? then you are describing "source available" model. I don't think we need another word for it -- it exists, and it works pretty well (even Microsoft uses it sometimes)

Or are you describing some sort of system where the authors get the fixed share (%) of user's company revenue? I think this is not going to work very well... just imagine a big company which is not focused on computers. Or a computer startup which wants to be bought by FAANG for billions of dollars.

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No, "source available" does not generally allow one to distribute and sell your own modifications.

This license would be exactly like today's FOSS, except to force large tech companies to the negotiating table to share revenue.