Re: [webmin-l] Virtualmin Professional license

[Freddie C. <fca...@sd...>]

You're forgetting one simple fact:  VirtualMin has never been
"released" to Jamie.  He's the originator, the coder, the copyright
owner.  He can do whatever he wants with the code.  His developments
are not derivatives of the GPL'd virtualmin code, as that code has
never been "released" to him.  He can change the license on new
releases as he sees fit.  Old releases are GPL'd and derivatives of
that *that others create* have to be GPL'd.

The license on the code only applies once Jamie releases it to the
public at large.  The code sitting on his computer that he is using,
coding, editing, is not under the GPL.  It is simply copyrighted,
nothing more.

It's only once the code has left his computer, that the license takes
effect.

If I write a program, I get to choose the license.  And I can pick a
separate license for every person I give it to, if I wanted to.  I own
the copyright, so I can do whatever I want with it.  Once it leaves my
computer, it is covered by whatever license I pick, and *only that
code* is under that license.
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