"clipka" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> > If I include libjpg without modifying it at all, I can no longer use the MIT
> > license on my code, even if my code is orders of magnitude larger and more
> > valuable. This forces me, while building something large that I need to get
> > paid for, to rewrite code that's already tested and works well and is
> > bug-free and safe. Hence, GPL code leads to bugs in non-GPL code.
>
> Ooooh - you're one of the bad guys who try to steal free software, like libjpg!
> Don't you know that this piece of free software is only free as in "freedom of
> speach", and not as in "free for the taking"? Noooo, you gotta pay a price for
> that free library you intend to use!
>
> How much?
>
> Ooooh, nothing of particular value... just give us all rights to your complete
> application, including all other libraries it might be using - including the
> right to use it to acquire other software the same way as well - that'll be
> enough to settle the bill...

You're wrong.  GPL is a copyright-based license -- it absolutely depends on
copyright law to enforce its terms.  And you are the copyright owner to your
software.  You may dual license as well and this was the business model of
MySQL, at least until being acquired by Sun.

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