On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 14:02:16 -0800
Thomas Frohwein <tfrohwein@fastmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:39:16 +0100
> Kirill A. Korinsky <kirill@korins.ky> wrote:
> 
> > > > 4) About license, I read this:
> > > >     
> > > > > You may use or modify the software only for your own internal
> > > > > business purposes or for non-commercial or personal use. You
> > > > > may distribute the software or provide it to others only if
> > > > > you do so free of charge for non-commercial purposes.  
> 
> Non-commercial is an explicitly allowed use. Since OpenBSD stopped
> selling CD-ROMs, it has been non-commercial.
>  
> > > > 
> > > > I not sure that it can be distributed as precompiled package.
> > > >     
> > > 
> > > Upstream wasn't too helpful when I asked about this either [1]
> > > 
> > > [1] https://github.com/alexbatalov/fallout2-ce/issues/428
> > >     
> > 
> > Now I recall that!
> > 
> > My point that it needs:
> > 
> > PERMIT_DISTFILES =	No
> > PERMIT_PACKAGE =	No  
> 
> I think PERMIT_PACKAGE=Yes is appropriate as non-commercial is
> allowed.
> 
> As long was it's non-commercial (or for internal business use or
> personal use), the licensor grants: "[...] license to use, copy,
> distribute, make available, and prepare derivative works of the
> software [...]"
> 
> > 
> > but other may have other point of view on this.  
> 
> As this is a non-standard license and doesn't consider itself an
> open-source license ("fair-code license" seems to be their term [1]),
> probably best to hear other voices.
> 
> [1]
> https://docs.n8n.io/sustainable-use-license/#what-are-the-main-differences-between-the-sustainable-use-license-and-your-previous-license-arrangement-apache-20-with-commons-clause
> 

PS: there is a precedent: games/devilutionx also has Sustainable Use
License 1.0 and is PERMIT_PACKAGE=Yes