I'll just flip everything 180° here and ask about completely closed source projects. 😜
I don't want to release any of the source code, visual assets or audio assets for my plugins.
My annual revenue is within the HISE Indie plan (given that it will start at $0) and within the JUCE Indie limit.
Under these conditions I'll need to pay $50/mo for HISE Indie license and $40/mo for JUCE Indie license. Correct?
And how is the HISE annual revenue calculated? Would I just start the annual period when I start the Indie license, then 12 months later if I have earned more that $50k from HISE products move to the Pro license?
Answered here:
What if my revenue exceeds the threshhold of the INDIE tier after a certain time?
If the revenue of products made with HISE exceed 50.0000€ within the last 12 months, you will need to upgrade to the PRO license - just cancel the Fastspring subscription for the INDIE license and get a PRO license.
And just to clarify a different situation - if I wanted to give away all my HISE products for free but keep them closed source I still need the HISE commercial license? Correct?
Answered here:
Do I need a commercial license if I want to release a free product?
Yes. The commercial license does not make a difference between paid and free products - as soon as you don't want to release your HISE product under the GPL license, you'll need a commercial license, which will also be the case for free products. Be aware that you can always release free products under the GPL license and the real world implications for free products are almost neglible.