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> how are you doing "They can purchase a commercial license to remove the copyleft restrictions"? This is incorrect. If you own copyright on something you can
by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
> how are you doing "They can purchase a commercial license to remove the copyleft restrictions"?
This is incorrect. If you own copyright on something you can transfer those rights to other people in any way you want.
I can give you a copy of my software under AGPL and another copy under a completely different license and the two things are independent from each other.
There isn't a "remove the copyleft restrictions" mechanism.
You can simply give out a new copy with a closed license that allows, for example, execution as a service, static linking, dynamic linking but no copy.
- auggierose 6y agoThe problem is contributions by others, of course.
- kelnos 6y agoRight, but if you accept outside contributions, and those contributors give you their changes under the AGPL as well, you cannot relicense their work under terms other than the AGPL. You can get around this by requiring copyright assignment from all contributors, or by making contributors sign an agreement that allows you to do what you want to do.