From 0117799b69835a55db305e6130fc1f577c6d4d0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:57:00 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Proprietary relicensing comment. --- gpl-lgpl.tex | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index 0796b63..4da1242 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -4288,13 +4288,13 @@ discussed earlier in this tutorial, a copyright holder is permitted under copyright law to license a software system under her copyright as many different ways as she likes to as many different parties as she wishes. -Some companies, such as MySQL AB and TrollTech, use this to their +Some companies, such as Oracle, use this to their financial advantage with regard to a GPL'd code base. The standard version is available from the company under the terms of the GPL\@. However, parties can purchase separate proprietary software licensing for a fee. -This business model is problematic because it means that the GPL'd code +This business model is at best problematic and at worst predatory because it means that the GPL'd code base must be developed in a somewhat monolithic way, because volunteer Free Software developers may be reluctant to assign their copyrights to the company because it will not promise to always and forever license the