Comment Re:Great, but just one question (Score 1) 38
Hello,
Here's what we meant. Version 2.1 is GPL, and will always be GPL. Any changes that anyone makes to our software will also always be GPL. However, legally, any changes *WE* make to our software (as long as it doesn't use anything done by anyone else), does not *have* to be GPL. In fact, legally, we could re-release 2.1 under a completely different license. We still hold the copyright to the software, so we can do this. Any author of a GPL package can do this. No one does, and we don't plan to, but our lawyer, who is already torqued off at us for releasing our software under GPL wanted us to include this caveat. Basically, if you write software, and own the copyright to it, and then release it under GPL, the GPL applies to everyone BUT you. This doesn't mean you can do what you want w/ code that others have written, but you can do whatever you want w/ code you have written. Licensing under the GPL doesn't give away the copyright holder's rights to the work. In fact, I specifically spoke w/ someone I consider a GPL expert about the matter. Hope this makes sense...
Parag Batavia
Probotics, Inc.
Here's what we meant. Version 2.1 is GPL, and will always be GPL. Any changes that anyone makes to our software will also always be GPL. However, legally, any changes *WE* make to our software (as long as it doesn't use anything done by anyone else), does not *have* to be GPL. In fact, legally, we could re-release 2.1 under a completely different license. We still hold the copyright to the software, so we can do this. Any author of a GPL package can do this. No one does, and we don't plan to, but our lawyer, who is already torqued off at us for releasing our software under GPL wanted us to include this caveat. Basically, if you write software, and own the copyright to it, and then release it under GPL, the GPL applies to everyone BUT you. This doesn't mean you can do what you want w/ code that others have written, but you can do whatever you want w/ code you have written. Licensing under the GPL doesn't give away the copyright holder's rights to the work. In fact, I specifically spoke w/ someone I consider a GPL expert about the matter. Hope this makes sense...
Parag Batavia
Probotics, Inc.
