On Friday 26 August 2005 14:51, Alan Brown wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Philipp Steinkrueger wrote:
> > thats right. if you want to use the software itself to make new software
> > and you want to make money by seeling it, GPL is indeed a nightmare.
>
> No it's not.
>
> You are free to charge as much as you want for selling GPL software and
> support, however you _must_ provide source with it.
We were talking about a "classic" software company. In that context providing
the source code *is* a nightmare at least for the "classic" company.
>
> > perhaps i should read what your idea is, could you provide a place for
> > me to find it ? as a guess, are you going to do something like mysql ?
> > you can use mysql for free even commercially, but if you want to use the
> > software in your software, you have to pay for it ?
>
> MySQL is released under 2 separate licenses. There is GPL for those who
> want to acknowledge it and provide source and there is also the option for
> privately negotiated agreements with MySQL.
>
> The Reiser filesystem is also distributed under this dual license system...
>
>
> AB
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