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19973: Re: [MUD-Dev] GPL (was:Libs for 3D Client/Servers)

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From: Max Gilead <gilead@linart.pl>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 18:39:20 +0200
References: [1] [2] [3] [4] <-newest
Organization: Kanga.Nu
ghovs wrote:

> I've actually heard of people releasing stuff under GPL for
> non-profit use, and allowing anyone planning something else to
> negotiate a commercial license.

You can't do that with GPL. If you're releasing code under GPL you
grant certain rights to all other parties without difference if they
are non-profit users or companies. You can require payment for your
source code but since whoever would buy it could distribute it
without limits it's pointless.

Max

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