Dual licensing

I'll make it commercial and affordable.

Still some polishing to do. I expect to call for testers during this week.

mikko

Hello,

your component sound phantastic. I f you are looking for testers? You have found one: me

If you are interested. Just send me an messegae.

Have a nice day,

Oliver

Hello,

as I understood right. The question here is: is it allowed to rewrite a GPL component and sell it?

No, is it not. Thats why nearly every big project. Use there own licences and not GPL. As it is written in the preamble of the PGL: As we speak of free software. We speak of real free software...

And later:

You are allowed to take money for tranaction cost. This means. You could get the suer paid for a peace of software but it must be in a "fair" use range.

So you couldnt sell a ubuntu distrubution for 110 dollars. So only for a price of 1 dollar for example as an download link on your site...

AFAIK you can sell GPL software - but you have to make the sourcecode available (on inquiry) for the people who buys this software. "Free" means freedom not free of charge.

You are allowed to sell ubuntu for 110$ - if you find someone who pays this

But you are not allowed to use GPL code in a non-GPL (-compatible) software.

AFAIK there is no "fair use" clause in GPL.

I dont think you're allowed to sell ubuntu (in keeping with the example) for $110 (since you don't own the license nor the software, but you can certainly charge $110 for installing/setup it, or even modify to modify it.

Here is the german gpl wiki entry, i will try to translate it in english ^^

The word "free" means to use the software in the four meant ways:

The software is allowed to use in any manner. Commercial use is higly encouraged.

Copies are allowed to be selled or distributed freely. A recipient asking for the software code had to get it. With the self cost price. The user has now the same rights. But must distribute it under the same rules.

The working of the program and sourcecode are allowed to study and could changed.

If you sell the modified version. You are allowed to dont publish the sourcecode. But if someone ask for the source code you have to deliver it. Under the same rules...

If you changed a program. You could copyright it.

This means: If you change for example the kernel of linux. You ould hold the copyright. But not the right to say: the copyright links and co must be kept if you use it....

I hope you now understand ^^