[pLog-svn] Look what I found

[Oscar Renalias]

What MySQL and TrollTech (Qt) is basically say: "if you're going GPL.,
we're going GPL too. If you're going closed, then pay us for a
license"

This is a bit difficult to put into practice with web applications
because as far as I know, the GPL only talks about providing the
source when your application is publicly distributed. It basically
says that if you take some GPL code into your application and
sell/distribute this application, you should also distribute the code
with it. This means that if I develop something with Qt but I keep it
within the boundaries of my company (so it is never distributed to
other users), then I don't have to pay for a license even if the code
is closed.

With regards to web applications, you coud develop a closed-source
service based on plog and you would not have to abide by the GPL
because you are not really distributing the application, you're just
allowing external users to use it. Or at least is how I understand it.

It is because of this loophole (unless I am wrong) that a
dual-licensing model wouldn't really help much. I think that the GPLv3
is going to address this issue (and related one as web-services, etc)
so let's see how the new version looks like when it's finished...

Oscar

On 6/2/05, Jon Daley <plogworld at daley.snurgle.org> wrote:
>         A dual license means - if you want to use it any charge money for
> whatever service you provide, you have to pay us?  But, if you don't
> charge for it, then you don't?  That's alright.  How much does that affect
> our current users?  Hrm. How much does that affect me?  Arguably I am
> charging for hosting, and plog comes for free, but I have at least one
> user whose entire site is plog.
> 
> 
> On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Mark Wu wrote:
> > Agree, so I prefer option 1.
> >
> > Do our best and make pLog as the No. 1 open source blog platform  in the
> > world ... :D
> >
> > But, dual license might help ... MySQL or QT seems do a very good pratice.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: plog-svn-bounces at devel.plogworld.net
> >> [mailto:plog-svn-bounces at devel.plogworld.net] On Behalf Of Jon Daley
> >> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 1:19 AM
> >> To: plog-svn at devel.plogworld.net
> >> Subject: RE: [pLog-svn] Look what I found
> >>
> >>      I don't think we should change the license.  If people
> >> want to copy GPL'ed stuff, that is their issue, and if
> >> someday we really care, probably the EFF would be interested
> >> in at least making a phone call or something - generally
> >> people get pretty nervous when a lawyer calls or writes a letter.
> >>      I don't think you should get a license of their
> >> software - you might accidentally copy something from them,
> >> and they will likely be more upset than we would be if they
> >> did the same thing.
> >>
> >>
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