Carlos Villegas said: > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:33:46PM +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: >> you're allowed to distribute the GPL'ed software. -- Or imagine you'd >> purchase a personalized copy of the software in binary form. The GPL >> does >> not cover whether you're allowed to redistribute that personalized >> binary >> version. -- Another example where you don't lose the rights in the >> source > > I'm not a lawyer, but that example (personalized binary) clearly would > violate the GPL, if the original code is GPL, then any derivative work is > GPL (personlized source that produced the binary)... It depends. Is it an original work that the company you are buying it from decided to sell licenses to? IE: MySQL. If you want a non-GPL licensed copy you can buy it from them. Just because you place something you wrote under the GPL doesn't mean you can license it under other licenses also. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ReleaseUnderGPLAndNF -- William Hooper
