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"If the GPL just becomes a freeware license while ?commercial? versions of the same programs are offered under commercial licenses, does the GPL risk becoming a freeware ghetto?"
Amen - I was so pleased to see this question posed - as it seems clear this is the trend, and yet almost no one is talking about it.
Should SugarCRM or Pentaho etc.. really be able to force add-on products to be GPL, when their own commercial superset products are not? - Posted by: michael@... Posted on: 06/19/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
The Freeware Ghetto
michael@... | 06/19/08
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Forced...no.
storm14k | 06/19/08
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Fork off
fr0thy2 | 06/19/08
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You have choices...
jimmyed2000 | 06/19/08
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Most people prefer the community version.
peter_erskine@... | 06/19/08
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RE: GPL divide still lives, one year on
jimmyed2000 | 06/19/08
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So ... whats wrong with this picture?
George Mitchell | 06/19/08
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The Microsoft totalitarian monolith still lives, 28 years later
Ole Man | 06/20/08
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"If GPL just becomes a feeware license"
Rick S._z | 06/22/08
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