Re: [tlug] SSH.com question

[Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>]

Quoth Jean-Christian Imbeault (Fri 2002-12-06 02:15:34PM +0900):
> 
> I was also under the impression that the product *had* to be free since 
> it was originally (way back when) under some sort of GPL license ... Am 
> I wrong about this?

Ugh.

Remember that the GPL does not require software to be free-as-in-beer,
only free-as-in-speech.

I can take GNU Emacs, change as much code as I want (0 or more lines), and
sell it for $1000 per seat if I want. The GPL does not stop me. What the
GPL does do is require me to make my changes (if any) available to anyone
who wants them.

The LGPL, of course, allows you a little more freedom to use libraries in
a closed-source, proprietary codebase.

I hope I have explained this clearly. For more information, do check out:

http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.php


-- 
Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>

Associate Systems Administrator
INCOGEN, Inc.
http://www.incogen.com/

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