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The GPL licenses do not prevent the owner of the copyright to release other copies under another license.
by informatimago 13y ago
The GPL licenses do not prevent the owner of the copyright to release other copies under another license.
- jrallison 13y agoTechnically, Sidekiq Pro isn't a copy. It's a set of plugins designed to integrate with the open source project.
- tagawa 13y agoIn which case, maybe it's classified as a derivative work of the original OS project? This is how WordPress tries to classify third-party themes and plugins, meaning they should "thus inherit the GPL license". See: http://www.wordpress.org/about/license/ http://www.wordpress.org/about/license/
- cespare 13y agoIs such a thing possible?
- MichaelGG 13y agoYes and it's standard for contributing to pretty much any open source project that's run by a company. The contributor's agreement you'll sign has you assign them full copyright for your patches, so they can do whatever they want, including make a non-GPL version.