Dual licensing

[Marius Amado Alves]

>>>I'm sorry, Marius, I'm confused.  How can be it open source, and yet
>>>if used commercially, the authors get a cut?
>>
>>The thing is, we don't see how that hurts the basic tenets of the free
>>software philosophy.> 
> 
> Please read:
>     http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
> 
> Note in particular:
>    "Thus, you should be free to redistribute copies, either with or
>     without modifications, either gratis or charging a fee for
>     distribution, to anyone anywhere.  Being free to do these things
>     means (among other things) that you do not have to ask or pay for
>     permission."

I know this, and this is the single 'wrong' thing about free software in 
the view on many people (SDC, UUU, Alladin...) Putting the authors out 
of the loop is silly and unfair.

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