On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 11:29:51AM +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > I'll explain. The GPL expressly forbids you to create any derived work > that is not GPL itself.
[some nitpicking follows] The work cannot "be" GPL; it must be licensed under the terms of the GPL, but this license doesn't have to be exclusive. You're free to license your derived work under any license you want, restrictive as it may be, as long as you *also* license it under the terms of the GPL. That is not an academic distinction; quite a few companies make their living upon it (offering various products under commercial licenses as well as the GPL, with the commercial license offering additional benefits for the client). Additionally, you're free to *create* a derived work and not offer it to anyone under the GPL, as long as you're not publishing it under a different license. That's also not an academic distinction; it applies to all software developed for in-house use. -- avva "There's nothing simply good, nor ill alone" -- John Donne ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
