> It is under both - a dual licence. You can use it > even for commercial > products as long as the end product is open source > and under GPL. > However, if your company doesnt want to give the > source code to its > customers or otherwise wants to place the end > product under more > restrictions than GPL, you have to buy the > (expensive) licence.
I think even MySQL comes with this type of license. It is (to me) difficult to understand the thinking behind this scheme. Some rambling thoughts: If the intention is to promote open source, then it doens't make sense to make the code available under any license other than GPL. If the intent is to earn good karma through open sourcing/GPL and also make the product financially viable by selling to those who can afford it under more restrictive license, who benefits financially? Is it the open source developer who contributes time and code, or is it just the company. My intention is to understand the business model behind companies like MySQL and JBoss (and trolltech, Codeweavers, transgaming) a little bit better. Any comments/clarifications? -Prashant __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
