1) Not all open source software is GPLed. 2) Licenses are note exclusive.
I can release code under the GPL for all the world to see. If you want to use it in you software, you too must accept the GPL for your code, if you use my code under the GPL. But I still maintain the all rights to the code, and if IBM wants to license the same code under another license that does not require them to GPL any of their code, that can be done as well, and I would likely try to make some money from it. Also, much GPLed software is not free for commercial use. If you use MySQL in you business, you have to pay for it. dave -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Jorgensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 11:12 AM To: BYU Unix Users Group Subject: Re: [uug] ZDNet response to RMS District Webmaster wrote: .... It's Open Source, you can ask someone to pay you for it, but if it's open source they don't have to. ... ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
