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Re: [Cc-bizcom] Dual Licensing

From: Joseph Lorenzo Hall <joehall AT gmail.com>
To: Rob Myers <robmyers AT mac.com>
Cc: cc-bizcom AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Cc-bizcom] Dual Licensing
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 06:32:31 -0700

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:19:43 +0100, Rob Myers <robmyers AT mac.com> wrote:
> For the FSF it's so they can more efficiently defend the code under the
> GPL, which uses copyright law. It's less efficient that a simple CVS
> commit, I agree, but more efficient than waiting for a frivolous lawsuit or
> a major license infraction to require that the copyrights be identified and
> defended. The FSF can get away with this becasue they are a nonprofit and
> becasue the GPL keeps the code and its derivatives available for everyone
> to use anyway.

MySQL also requires contributors (who are mostly employed by MySQL...
but there are others) to assign copyright. This is so there is one
legal entity to enforce copyright. This should work with any
copyright license, however, the GPL just so happens to need specific
enforcement.

Joe

[Cc-bizcom] Dual Licensing, Rob Myers, 08/23/2004
- Re: [Cc-bizcom] Dual Licensing, Marshall Van Alstyne, 08/24/2004
  - Re: [Cc-bizcom] Dual Licensing, Rob Myers, 08/26/2004
    - Re: [Cc-bizcom] Dual Licensing, Joseph Lorenzo Hall, 08/26/2004
      - [Cc-bizcom] "Open Source Baselines: Compared to What?", Rob Myers, 08/26/2004
    - Re: [Cc-bizcom] Dual Licensing, Andrea Glorioso, 08/26/2004
      - Re: [Cc-bizcom] Dual Licensing, Rob Myers, 08/26/2004
        
        Re: [Cc-bizcom] Dual Licensing, Rob Myers, 08/26/2004
        
        Re: [Cc-bizcom] Dual Licensing, Joseph Lorenzo Hall, 08/26/2004
        
        [Cc-bizcom] How Can Companies Profit While Giving Code Away?, Rob Myers, 08/27/2004
        
        Re: [Cc-bizcom] How Can Companies Profit While Giving Code Away?, Marshall Van Alstyne, 08/29/2004