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There's a good article about this practice here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling-exceptions.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling-exceptions.en.
by slang800 7y ago
There's a good article about this practice here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling-exceptions.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling-exceptions.en.html
Usually you wouldn't use the MIT license to do it, but it's the same idea.
- fuball63 7y agoFascinating article, is this common practice? Anyone know of companies successfully selling license exceptions?
- slang800 7y agoYes, Oracle does this with MySQL. If you want to use MySQL in a way that the GPL doesn’t permit, then you are supposed to buy a license. I have no idea if they are making a lot of money from this.
- jimbo1qaz 7y agoQt is primarily LGPL with some GPL modules, and sells commercial dual-licenses.