In message <5e719bcd-5405-4c34-870b-13e64ef1f...@k29g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>, Patrick Maupin wrote:
> On May 14, 6:13 am, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek- > central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: > >> In message >> <2b17ee77-0e49-4a97-994c-7582f86c0...@r34g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>, >> Patrick Maupin wrote: >>> >>> On May 13, 10:06 pm, Lawrence D'Oliveiro >>> <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: >> >>>> Under the GPL, everybody has exactly the same freedoms. >> >>> That's absolutely not true. For a start, the original author can dual- >>> license. >> >> That’s nothing to do with the GPL. > > If you mean "that's out of the control of the GPL" I agree. But the > whole point of the discussion has been about how people can't take GPL > licensed code proprietary, making enhancements, etc. and I'm just > pointing out that this doesn't apply to the original author. Someone > can decide they aren't making enough money under the GPL and stop > distributing that way, and make all their enhancements proprietary, if > they are the original author. That’s nothing to do with the GPL. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
