I want to distribute my software under license like Creative Commons Attribution – Non commercial – Share Alike license, i.e.
- Redistribution of source code and binaries is freely.
- Modified version of program have to be distributed under the same license. Attribution to original project should be supplied to.
- Restrict any kind of commercial usage.
However CC does not recommend to use their licenses for software. Is there this kind of software license I could apply? Better if public license, but as far as I know US laws says that only EULA could restrict usage of received copy?
Best Answer
Your requirements restrict the use of the software, so at least by the definition of open source from the OSI (definition of open source), it is therefore not open source, so you will find no help in open source licenses. So forget AGPL, GPL, BSD, Apache, MIT, etc.
I also looked at the Aladdin license as suggested by @thiton. This does not restrict commercial use, only sale (just as @thiton pointed out). If that is not strong enough, you may want to start with the wording from, say, MIT license and add you restrictions (but don't call it the MIT license of course, and don't call it open source).
Like crypto, licensing is hard, and rolling your own is tricky. The world doesn't like more licenses (they add friction), and is part of why OSI exists - to catalog and promote existing "good" licenses for open source so people don't roll their own. Hope it works out.