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

David Dillard david.dillard at veritas.com
Tue Feb 15 17:29:20 UTC 2005


The owner of the code can make the code available under multiple licenses.
Thus, the owner is not subject to the "viral nature" of GPL.  After all, the
owner doesn't license the code from himself.


--- David

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anderson, Kelly [mailto:KAnderson at dentrix.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 11:29 AM
> To: license-discuss at opensource.org
> Subject: RE: Release comercial application's sources as GPL 
> but with restriction in usage
> 
> Kevin,
> 
> 	First of all, thanks for the pointer. I'm curious 
> though. If you have a strong copyleft like GPL, how can you 
> charge for customization when you need to release the 
> customized code under the GPL due to it's viral nature. It 
> seems like a difficult way to make a living.
> 
> -Kelly
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Bedell [mailto:kbedell at gmail.com] 
> 
> Open sourcing code can accelerate your distribution and allow 
> for reduced marketing costs to get your product established. 
> However, you'll likely have to plan on making your money on 
> support of the product or on customizations. You can't charge 
> a licensing fee for something licensed under the GPL, for example.
> 
> Free Software Business list located at http://www.crynwr.com/fsb/
> 
> -kevin
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