> Message: 5 > Subject: Re: [plug] Re: Open Source DBMS licenses: MPL vs. GPL > From: Rick Moen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> ...the GPL states that it would be illegal to inhibit disclosure of > >> modifications made to GPL-licensed code in the event that a derivative > >> of the GPL-licensed code gets distributed, among other provisions. > > I'm unclear on whom you're quoting, here, since you didn't say. Were > you quoting yourself?
Paolo Falcone's post. > > In fact, it goes a bit further than that. Once you have given your > > GPL'ed code to someone for $1, you cannot forbid him/her from > > redistributing it for free. > > ... your yardstick for a "commercial licence" was one where the code > was available only upon paying money. Completely untrue. You've been ignoring what I've been saying all along. Not the code, but the _rights granted by the license_ are only obtainable by paying money. It is the [rights granted by the] license that is the subject of commerce, not the product itself. I've emphasized this at least 3 times already. A GPL'ed product can be sold commercially but that does not make the GPL license itself a 'commercial' one in any but the loosest sense. However, it is very clear that the alternative licensing scheme for MySQL is commercial because you have to pay for the privileges it grants you. Such is most certainly NOT the case for a GPL license whose privileges are _guaranteed_ to be freely available to anyone upon redistribution. I suppose it becomes a matter of usage, not whether the idea itself is valid or not. You view the term 'commercial license' only in terms of 'license to engage in commerce', while MySQL AB uses it in the sense of the license itself (or rights granted thereof) being the subject of commerce'[1]. [1] which is not strictly inapplicable to the GPL, but something which I can't imagine as being practical in any real-world situation. _ 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]
