I want to dual license my software library, with copyleft and commercial licenses. Can I legally give any reason whatsoever for refusing to give a particular company or organization a commercial license?
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Yes, as long as the reason you're refusing to sell it to someone is not based on a "protected characteristic". That may include, depending on jurisdiction, gender, color of skin, religion or similar characteristics of what was formerly called "race".
So you may not refuse to sell a license to a Christian organisation, just because they're Christians. But you may refuse to sell a license to a company building tanks, as the business area of a company is not a protected characteristic.
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