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Re: Any software law experts?

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From Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk>
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Subject Re: Any software law experts?
Date Wed, 9 Nov 2022 14:34:00 -0500
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On 11/9/2022 7:53 AM, e.d.pro...@gmail.com wrote:
>> There are 3 fundamental types of open source licenses: * permissive
>> (Apache, MIT, BSD etc.) * weak copy left (LGPL, GPL with linking
>> exception, MPL etc.) * strong copy left (GPL, AGPL)
>> 
> One other thing I don't understand, if code is licensed to AGPL
> meaning no one can use it without exposing the source of their
> product to all users of their product, how can that same code also be
> sold for use in closed source?

The copyright owner can license the code to anyone on whatever
terms - and it does not need to be the same license for everybody.

If you write some brilliant software, then you can
sell it to me on commercial terms for 100 dollars
and give it to your neighbor on an open source license.

That open source license gives your neighbor the right
to give his brother a copy under the same license.
But because he does not own copyright, then he
can not pass it on under another license. That
privilege would be yours as copyright owner.

Arne

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Any software law experts? "e.d.pro...@gmail.com" <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2022-11-08 06:00 -0800
  Re: Any software law experts? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2022-11-08 19:32 -0500
    Re: Any software law experts? "e.d.pro...@gmail.com" <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2022-11-09 04:21 -0800
      Re: Any software law experts? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2022-11-09 14:38 -0500
        Re: Any software law experts? "e.d.pro...@gmail.com" <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2022-11-09 11:51 -0800
          Re: Any software law experts? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2022-11-09 16:12 -0500
    Re: Any software law experts? "e.d.pro...@gmail.com" <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2022-11-09 04:53 -0800
      Re: Any software law experts? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2022-11-09 14:34 -0500
        Re: Any software law experts? "e.d.pro...@gmail.com" <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2022-11-09 11:42 -0800
          Re: Any software law experts? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2022-11-09 14:50 -0500
            Re: Any software law experts? "e.d.pro...@gmail.com" <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2022-11-09 11:55 -0800
              Re: Any software law experts? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2022-11-09 20:21 -0500

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