Hi,
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 02:35:58PM +0100, Kaspar Schleiser wrote:
> On 12/18/2014 02:10 PM, Ludwig Ortmann wrote:
> >>>>(L)GPL tries to put some restrictions on that. Mostly, the source code
> >>>>cannot realistically be sold as long it's (L)GPL.
> >>>
> >>>This is not correct (depending on your definition of code and selling
> >>>of course).
> >>I know that you know what my definition of selling is with respect to the
> >>discussion.
> >
> >Actually, I'm not sure this is the case, please elaborate.
> If you sell (L)GPLed source code, that code *must* be under (L)GPL, so the
> first buyer can freely distribute it (under those libraries terms).
>
> So practically you can sell that code only once.
Maybe I'm missing something, but the BSDs say:
"""
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
...
"""
This means that if you sell BSD licensed source code to someone, they
can freely distribute it just like they could with LGPL'd code.
The BSD licenses do not allow you to change the license ("sublicense") [1].
Cheers, Ludwig
[1] Exemplary web search result:
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/how-to-sublicense.47390/
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