License Zero

Discontinued Unverified

Last updated 2026-03-15 · Update this page

Discontinued. This listing is kept in OSS.Fund for reference, but the platform no longer appears active.

License Zero automated part of the dual-licensing workflow for developers who wanted to publish code under an open source license while selling separate commercial-use permissions for closed deployments. The service now appears inactive, but it remains a notable example of legal and payment tooling aimed specifically at open source licensing-based revenue.

Area Revenue

Category Commercial Access

Tags

Legal OSS-specific

Organization	Corporation
Open source status	Open source
Platform technology	Open source licensing tooling
Monetization model	Dual licensing model with selling private licenses
Payment methods	Stripe
Platform fees	1% of gross sales
User activity	The main site is no longer available. Surviving public material describes License Zero as a Stripe-connected vending machine for dual licensing and paid relicensing.
Evidence	https://blog.licensezero.com/2017/09/12/manifesto.html https://blog.licensezero.com/2018/10/17/mapping-models.html