this is why you often see dual licensing GPL/buying a license. So it makes sense. Licences are tools to shape your business model Now for pharo this is MIT because if you want you can run out with it and sell it for a lot of money :)
Stef >>>>> You have it backwards. There is *no* GPL code in OpenQwaq. If there had >> been the whole project would have had to become GPL and Teleplace could not >> have protected itself against others using the code. By releasing the code >> as GPL Teleplace's investors retain the sole commercial rights to the code. >> No-one else can use the code without their contributions becoming GPL. >> Hence no-one wanting to do commercial development using OpenQwaq can do so >> and protect their contributions. Teleplace's investors, however, /can/ >> subsequently sell or exploit commercial rights to the code, which they still >> hold. > > Ah, yes.. sorry. i'm not expert in this legal stuff anyways :) > Thanks for explanation. > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko AKA sig. >
