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If companies don't want to use code licensed under the GPL, they're probably welcome to pay the original the author for a separate license.
by bdisraeli 11y ago
If companies don't want to use code licensed under the GPL, they're probably welcome to pay the original the author for a separate license.
- anon1385 11y agoIs there any evidence that the author will sell commercial licences? Other comments are describing him as a strong proponent of free software, so it seems very unlikely that he is interested in selling proprietary licences.
- kazinator 11y agoBut that unfortunately erodes the free-as-in-beer advantage, since in this situation the software is effectively proprietary, and competes with proprietary code on an equal footing: bang for the buck. "If we're going to pay to license freeware code as proprietary, let's look at all proprietary alternatives."