>I have some source code, which I'd like to release as open source. I
>need some license agreement to state that any modifications, etc.
>should be released as open source as well. The problem is that I may
>use this code for a commercial application. It seems to me that if I
>GPL the code that I want to make available, then I have to GPL my
>commercial application as well. Is that correct?

        No.  The GPL is a set of permissions.  As the copyright
owner, you can always grant additional permissions, including the
right to produce GPL-incompatible derivative works.

        I am not a lawyer, so please do not rely on this as legal
advice.

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