> Counter-example: I just wrote a one-line shell script, have declared it > to be under the GPL, have given it to nobody whatsoever to date, and am > willing to let you have a copy under the GPL _only_ if you send me US $1. > > Please note that there's no other way for you to get a copy of my shell > script. So, I guess the GPL is a "commercial" licence. > > Phftttt!
Sorry, can't help but feel that you're deliberately trying to put things in a convoluted perspective just to avoid admitting you're wrong. The situation you're painting is pretty absurd and definitely counts as a strawman scenario. The moment you agree to distribute your one-liner under GPL you are obliged to make its sources available freely, no? The rights granted to me under the GPL can never be withheld even if I choose not to pay you. Commercial license? NOT. Otoh, there's no other way I can take advantage of the provisions of the MySQL *commercial license* unless I pay for them. Now THAT's a commercial _license_. Phftttt indeed. LOL! >> What I asserted was that a _GPL-compatible license_ cannot be >> considered a _commercial license_. I explain why below. > >I'm sorry, but you aren't listening. If something is the subject of >commerce, it is by definition commercial. And that's where the problem lies. You insist on using a moot definition when there is a slightly different one that is much more practically applicable to the situation at hand. In this case, 'commercial license' means a license whose provisions you have *no choice* but to pay for in order to take advantage of, something that the GPL expressly forbids (you can ask people to pay for your [modified] sources, but you can't _force_ them to - the moment you redistribute you give it out under terms that essentially render it free). Thus 'commercial license' is a valid and practical term which MySQL AB has seen fit to apply. I'm not forcing you to accept this definition, but I'm sure most other people, including me, have no problem with it. Now it is my turn to ask you not to try to misapprehend them and me. > Andy, we'll have to put an end to this discussion. It's going nowwhere. > You're summarily ignoring most of my points, going out of your way to > misapprehend others, etc. > > Now, please. Give it a rest. You are wasting your time and mine. Again, sorry, as long as you insist on claiming I don't know what I'm talking when I know very well I do, you will not hear the end of it. You feel free to give it a rest. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
