Attempt to specify the usage of :commercial and :gratis in license stanzas #7923
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| | `:gratis` | `:closed` | free-to-use, closed source | <none> | ||
| | `:commercial` | `:closed` | not free to use | <none> | ||
| | `:gratis` | `:closed` | Full functionality free-to-use, closed source | <none> | ||
| | `:commercial` | `:closed` | Not free to use beyond a limited trial | <none> |
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I suggest a variant of “not free to use beyond a timed trial”. “Limited” could still be interpreted as limited functionality for an undetermined time period.
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How about "beyond a trial period"? Sounds more natural, and more commonly used in the wild.
Follows discussion at Homebrew#7917
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Hi! But not everything has a trial period by time. Sometimes one must pay for enhanced functionality (going back the earlier discussion.) Your |
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"Closed source, not As for the language, I don't see it as implying there must be a trial, but I suppose that's a legit reading. Maybe |
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Right, I was proposing a course correction, based on the fact that As to the word "trial", it connotes time. "Limitation" is more abstract. Though when one writes too abstractly it becomes hard to follow. Your comment "wordier than I'd like" is amusing in the context of |
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I'm gonna go ahead and close this - #8017 basically deals with it from a different angle. |
Follows discussion at #7917
Wordier than I'd like.