Re: [Swftools-common] question about the license for swf2jpeg

[Chris Pugh]

On 19 February 2010 16:10,  <address@hidden> wrote:
> The quote you is taken slightly out of context. Specifically this is an
> answer to a question which I have included below.
>
>
>
>>I would like to release a program I wrote under the GNU GPL,
>>but I would like to use the same code in non-free programs.
>
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>>>To release a non-free program is always ethically tainted, but legally
>>>there is no obstacle to your doing this. If you are the copyright holder
>>>for the code, you can release it under various different non-exclusive
>>> licenses at various times.
>
> I think most people would agree that it is improper to sell something that
> they could get for free elsewhere is problematic.  Can one ethically sell
> sunshine?  This is a very narrow answer and assumes that free program and
> the non-free program are the same
>
While that may be true, i.,e. one's own conscience is the guide, the
GPL doesn't actually prevent you from selling something that you get
for free!

  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#DoesTheGPLAllowMoney

Maybe you wished to recover incidental expenses incurred in the
promotiion or supply of the software, say with server bandwidth,
hosting, media costs, printing, etc.

Incidentally, a lot of companies produce solar equipment, don't they?
 Would you in effect agree that they *are* thus reselling sunshine!
:o)

Regards,


Chris.