Release comercial application's sources as GPL but with restr iction in usage

Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M. roddixon at cyberspaces.org
Thu Feb 17 00:33:29 UTC 2005


I think Evan misunderstood my point, ...at any rate, we seem to be saying 
exactly the same thing.

 -Rod
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Evan Prodromou" <evan at bad.dynu.ca>
To: "Roddixon" <roddixon at cyberspaces.org>
Cc: "David Dillard" <david.dillard at veritas.com>; "'Anderson, Kelly'" 
<KAnderson at dentrix.com>; <license-discuss at opensource.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: Release comercial application's sources as GPL but with restr 
iction in usage


> On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 03:19:00PM -0400, Roddixon wrote:
>
>> Nor could the GPL legally preclude one from charging for the
>> distribution of a  "modification" for which you (the licensee) own the
>> copyright - - in my opinion.
>
> Your opinion is incorrect. Copyright holders in Berne Convention
> countries can control how derivative works are distributed.
>
> ~Evan Prodromou
> 




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