Re: dual licensing (was: Re: [no subject])
On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 06:47:03AM +1100, Andrew Donnellan wrote:
> On 11/5/05, Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 06:28:02PM +1100, Andrew Donnellan wrote:
> > > On 11/4/05, Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com> wrote:
> > > > Emmanuel Colbus wrote:
> > > > > My main concern about this was that such relicensed copies
> > > > > could have been considered not free, but undistributable, as the GPL is
> > > > supposed to apply to
> > > > > software, not to documents.
> > > >
> > > > Any collection of bits is "software". The GPL works very well for any
> > > > collection of bits. Some people think that it, particularly the requirement
> > > > for provision of source code and the nature of permission to distribute in
> > > > forms other than source code, may have problems when
> > > > applied to dead-tree printed material. This is easily dealt with
> > > > by dual-licensing under the GPL and a printing-friendly license of
> > > > your choice.
> > >
> > > Well actually no it doesn't solve the problem as you have to comply
> > > with both licenses when dual-licensing.
> > Thats not what the phrase "dual-licensing" is typically used to mean.
> > For example, a thing released under dual GPL/MIT license means that
> > that thing is released under the GPL and under the MIT license.
> >
> > So if you want, you can use it under the terms of the MIT license.
> >
> > And, if you prefer, you can use it under the terms of the GPL license.
>
> I mean the *developer* must comply with both licenses, eg if you d/l
> under the GPL and MIT, then the developer must still put the written
> offer for source code and meet all the distribution requirements of
> the GPL, but anyone else can choose between the GPL and the MIT
> license.
In opened software, "We are all developers".
In something like the proposed mozilla trilicensing scheme, the
requirements are extremely loose; something to the effect of: "You can
do whatever you want, in any one of 3 different ways"
d/l == download?
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Clear skies,
Justin
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