> Just after some straight answers... The company selling a > commercial license to the GPL software is obviously motivated > to sell me one, as opposed to help clarify the GPL. > > What do you mean with a commercial license?
They have release the software under two licenses - the GPL and what they call a commercial license. The commercial license lets you bundle/ resell etc however you please. The GPL allows for the same. Maybe if you could explain what you wish to do, then one can give you a better answer with references to the FAQ and other data. > It seems quite difficult to get straight answers on what > exactly is/isn't ok with the GPL... > > Try reading the license, it is very clear even for non-lawyer > people. I disagree. There are plenty of spots in the GPL that way too open to interpration, which seems to be exactly the problem here. I and the FAQ interpret it one way, the company interprets it another. You probobly never looked at a non-free softwrae license, those are very obscure and even more open to interpretation. But in this case, the GPL is very clear; see section 5 of the GPLv3, and this is from GPLv2: | In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the | Program with the Program (or with a work based on the Program) on a | volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other | work under the scope of this License. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
