Re: [DotGNU]Potentially useful kit

[David Sugar]

One can both implicitly and explicity dual/multi-license software.  It 
is quite possible to do so implicitly because the GPL is a copyright 
license; one does not transfer ownership thru such a license.  Hence, 
you can distribute the same software to people under the GPL and 
implicitly sell it to other people such as your clients under different 
terms.  The GPL does not in any way alter your freedom to do this.

Excplicit disjunctive licenses are often used when trying to license 
something that must be linked with things that have incompatible 
licenses.  For example, perl's artistic license and the GPL are mutually 
non-interchangable since each have clauses that interfere with the 
other.  A disjunctive license allows one to publically license a work so 
that others could choose which license to apply as they make use of the 
work.  Again, this does not interfere with your implicit right to 
seperately license the same work to others under yet different terms.



Chris Smith wrote:

> On Monday 07 January 2002 17:10, Bill Lance wrote:
>
> > Chris,
> >
> > I've read thru your white papaer and other material.
> > Very interesting.
> >
> > Is all of that GPL'ed?
>
> Not currently.
> I own the license as it's all 100% my work spanning (on and off) the last 5 
> years or so.
>
> TBH, I'm not much for nailing down ownership, but whatever happens with the 
> licensing I don't want to stop myself from being able to using the components 
> with my clients (libraries, servers and all that).
>
> Anyway, GPL'ing / Dual licensing, whaterver.... not a problem (which is what 
> you want to hear really!)
>
> Regards,
> Chris
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