Dual-Licensing Situation
AR
aricvim at suddenlink.net
Sat Jun 7 17:43:39 CEST 2008
Ralf Friedl wrote:
> AR wrote:
>> Scenario 1:
>> I am the copyright holder of my code.
>> I developed it using the $1000 proprietary license of dual-licensed
>> code.
>> I release it under the GPL.
>> A company approaches me that wants me to dual-license it for
>> $5000 to include in their non-free code.
>> My code is worth $4000, and I can live off that for a while to
>> improve and GPL-release my code.
> The proprietary license that you bought for $1000 probably doesn't
> allow you to release derivative works under the GPL.
Yes it does, but that is really beside the point.
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