[sldev] ESC exempt from open source and GPL licensing?

[Taran Rampersad]

Argent Stonecutter wrote:
>>> No, it's not. It's GPL dual license.
>
>> No, there are two separate licenses. There is no such thing as 'GPL
>> dual license'. One license is the GPL. The other is not.
>
> That's what the term "dual license" means. It's available under two
> (or more) licenses. In this case one of them is GPL.
That doesn't make it 'GPL dual license'. It makes it 'dual license'.
>> Effectively, for contributors who sign their rights over, it is
>> shared source.
>
> If it was "shared source" it wouldn't be GPL.
Only one license is GPL. the combination with the commercial license and
the foregoing of copyright by contributors makes it effectively shared
source.
>> That is your experience, Argent Stonecutter. I am curious what this
>> project is that happened before GNU was a twinkle in Stallman's eye.
>
>> What license did it use?
>
> I released most of my code to the public domain back then. The work I
> did at Berkeley was of course licensed on Berkeley's terms.
Then you worked on public domain software before GNU. Thank you for
clearing that up. You didn't actually work on open source or free
software code before then because the terms had not been created yet.

I'm sure you meant well.
>> I can't seem to find out how much a commercial license costs
>
> They already told you, they haven't decided.
That isn't a good enough answer and your echoing it mindlessly doesn't
make that answer better.
>
> They also told you where to send email to inquire about a license.
I did.
>
> Hint: this list isn't it. 
Hint: If I had received an answer through those channels, we wouldn't be
having this discussion.

Now that we have established that you don't like my questions for some
reason, feel free to ignore them. You obviously don't have any answers,
and not getting answers is something which you believe is something that
is acceptable, avatar Stonecutter.

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