Re: [Denovoassembler-devel] Ray Browser

[Sébastien B. <se...@bo...>]

On 02/26/2013 10:01 PM, sa...@ho... wrote:
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>> And it's all or nothing -- you can not release SoftwareX v1.2.3 as
>> proprietary software
>> and as GPLv3-licensed software because that would infringe the GPLv3
>> license, and it does not make sense.
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> Yes you can, and that was the business model for MySQL. MySQL distributed
> their database program for free under GPL license, and that resulted in
> wide deployment of their program. However, GPL meant anyone doing
> derivative work had to release all their own code as well, and that was
> not acceptable for many software companies. However, those companies could
> buy proprietary licenses for open source MySQL so that they could bundle
> their own proprietary programs.
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> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/620696/mysql-licensing-and-gpl
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> I used to think like you before, but was corrected by two readers in our
> blog. Please check here -
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> http://www.homolog.us/blogs/2012/10/19/software-licenses-in-bioinformatics-programs-and-their-legal-implications/
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> http://www.homolog.us/blogs/2012/10/26/more-on-gpl-licensing-of-bioinformatics-programs/
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Wow !

I have read these two links with great interest.

Thank you.
  
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