Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I would like to comment on the following mysql.com question
>
> "We have made our product available at zero price under the GNU
> General Public Licence (GPL), and we also sell it under a commercial
> licence to those who do not wish to be bound by the terms of the GPL."
>
> Out of curiosity, how does the second statement
> not violate the GNU GPL?
They own the code, they can give it out under different licenses if
they like.
> In particular, contributions made to the GPL'd source code cannot be applied to
> the proprietary source code unless the contributor explicitly states that the
>contribution goes
> to both the GPL'd software release and the proprietary source code
> simultaneously.
Which I'm pretty sure they're doing - no code accepted if it doesn't
satisfy their demands.
> This reminds me of something like the emacs/xemacs split with the
> sole difference of a licensing issue.
That has nothing to do with licensing - different groups of developers
have different targets (eyecandy vs. stability and speed ;) and
processes.
--
Trond Eivind Glomsr�d
Red Hat, Inc.
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