[MUD-Dev] GPL (was:Libs for 3D Client/Servers)

[ghovs]

On Tuesday 10 July 2001 00:13, Travis Casey wrote, among other things:

>> That you must release the source code is not the big
>> problem. That you must let everyone copy and redistribuate it
>> however they want to (including not paying you for doing so) is.

> I already posted some ideas for (partially) getting around that
> problem.  For example, one method is to make your client GPL, but
> not your server.  Thus, people are free to copy the client, but
> anyone wanting to set up a competing server would have to write
> their own.

I've actually heard of people releasing stuff under GPL for
non-profit use, and allowing anyone planning something else to
negotiate a commercial license.

This involved non-MMORPG software, but I don't see how it couldn't
work just as well for this.

Ofcourse, it's no solution if you want to keep yourself as the sole
source of the server.


rgds,
ghovs
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