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I wrote a project using C++, and I want to sell its source code. Thus, the source code is available for those they want to buy it. What kind of license is suitable for such project? And in this case, can we consider the application as an open source software?

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Please read the open-source tag description and consider removing it since it is out of topic. – IceCoder Nov 6 '11 at 9:30
We really can't answer this: you've provided no details about your project, and we really can't tell you what license is going to fit your business needs. You might want to consult an IP lawyer, who would be more informed about what license would work for you. – user8 Nov 6 '11 at 9:55
I think this was a good question for many enthusiasts who might not want to give away all for free. Anyways, since the question is closed unnecessarily, i am posting the answers here in form of comments. The striking answer is that Open Source is NOT a solution for this. see this: zdnet.com/blog/burnette/…. One needs to pick either dual license or pure commercial license for this. – Dipan Mehta Nov 6 '11 at 13:41
This link (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_open_source_applications) describes various commercial approaches to Open source . In my previous comment, what i referred was standard GPL, MIT or Apache licesnes which are nicely described here. (smashingmagazine.com/2010/03/24/…) – Dipan Mehta Nov 6 '11 at 13:49

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Do you really have clients for your source code? I'm not sure you'll find them easily!

Selling source code is very difficult.

If you don't have clients, please consider releasing your source code with a free license as free software (e.g. GPL v3). If your code interest someone, he could use it, and perhaps buy services from you.

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