Opensource vs. free software

[onovy]

Hi,

It looks like you are mixing opensource and free software terms. Opensource means source code is available (which is) and free software is about freedom (which you are not giving).

And maybe you could reconsider your choice, why not publish this software as free software? Bonus points:

• anybody else can cooperate, send merge request, enhance your project
• bonus during looking for new job, because free software is trend now

[BobesCZ]

@onovy Hi, thanks for your suggestion. My original goal was to finish this project and provide it as a service at public URL (unfortunatelly that didn't happen yet). My intention is to be the only provider (this project can't be used as a library, so I don't see any sense of existence of multiple instances). To sum up, my requirements on a license are:

• view source code: allowed
• run code for personal use: allowed
• modify source code: denied (allowed only with my approval)
• provide code publicly / distribute code: denied

I admit I am not familiar with all the open license types, so after quick research I decided to use standard copyright with this note in readme:

However, you can clone this repository and run it on your local machine for review and testing purposes

If you know a license that suits my requirements better, please let me know. I am also open for cooperation and merge requests (with my approval), I definitely should note that in readme file, thank you for pointing it out.

I consider access to source code (with local testing enabled) sufficient for job interviews, but I may be wrong. Do you think there would be any extra advantages with "more free" license?