From 4c1a859d181fd543b3b288fba5a3de896a37612d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Perham Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 08:51:39 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update sidekiq licensing to avoid GPL incompatibilities --- LICENSE | 15 +++++++++++---- README.md | 8 +------- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE index 2e945417..2f0b3183 100644 --- a/LICENSE +++ b/LICENSE @@ -1,9 +1,16 @@ Copyright (c) Mike Perham -Sidekiq is open source licensed under the GPLv3 for non-commerical use: +You may choose to license Sidekiq in one of two ways: + +- Open Source under the GPLv3 Please see for license text. -To purchase a commercial license, you must pledge $50 to my Pledgie -fund at http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/16623. The commercial license can -be found in COMM-LICENSE. +- Commercial License + + The Sencha commercial software license in COMM-LICENSE. You must pledge + $50 to my Pledgie fund at http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/16623 to use + this license. + +This commercial license is just meant to help support my OSS work. If +you do buy the commercial licensing option, thank you for your support! diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c4e89047..1e9eb0e6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -47,13 +47,7 @@ Please see the [sidekiq wiki](https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq/wiki) for more License ----------------- -sidekiq is GPLv3 licensed for **non-commercial use only**. For a commercial -license, you must give $50 to my [Pledgie campaign](http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/16623). -Considering the hundreds of hours I've spent writing OSS, I hope you -think this is a reasonable price. BTW, the commercial license is in -COMM-LICENSE and is the [Sencha commercial license v1.10](http://www.sencha.com/legal/sencha-commercial-software-license-agreement/) with the Support (section 11) terms removed. -Support is provided through GitHub Issues. You are welcome to try the -software for 2 weeks. +Please see LICENSE for licensing details. Click here to lend your support to Open Source and make a donation at www.pledgie.com !