Dual licensing

Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M. rdixon at cyberspaces.org
Sun Jun 6 15:40:00 UTC 2004


Open source software refers to a development model as well as a software 
licensing legal regime. I will not bother to use exclamation points or ALL 
CAPS to make my point.

- Rod
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Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M.
rdixon at cyberspaces.org
www.cyberspaces.org

...... Original Message .......
On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 15:37:08 +0100 Marius Amado Alves 
<amado.alves at netcabo.pt> wrote:
> >.... open source software can be sold successfully
>> through a dual licensing model.
>
>For the 10000000000000000th time, dual-licensing is not selling open 
>source software. You're selling a closed license. You're relying on the 
>market wanting closed. You're exploiting a need for the contrary of open 
>source.
>
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