Use CC-NC licence for source-available self-hostable software?

Question

Is the Creative Commons licence with Non-Commercial clause used much in source available software?In contrast to the Commons Clause, it disallows all commercial use, not just as-is resale.If the goal is to sell access to software you write and host yourself, but allow people who want to to self-host for personal use, is it a good choice?What would it mean for contributions?

detaro · Accepted Answer

Creative Commons licenses (outside CC0) aren't made for software, don't cover things specific to software and are thus not a good match. What it means would be quite uncertain - which would likely deter commercial users, but potentially also some users you might want.https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-apply-a-creative-comm...

verdverm · Answer

Use a regular license (i.e. don't worry about someone else selling it, keep it truly open source)
https://coss.media
Search HN for storied in the last year with license in their title, lots of interesting discussions.

Use CC-NC licence for source-available self-hostable software?

Use a regular license (i.e. don't worry about someone else selling it, keep it truly open source)https://coss.mediaSearch HN for storied in the last year with license in their title, lots of interesting discussions.

Use a regular license (i.e. don't worry about someone else selling it, keep it truly open source)
https://coss.media
Search HN for storied in the last year with license in their title, lots of interesting discussions.