From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2003-02-16T20:49:36+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: GPL question

On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 08:01:54PM +0900, Michael Shigorin wrote:
> Not to (re)start the debate, but it's a common misconception that
> GPL is less business-friendly: see e.g. Sleepycat's interview:
> http://www.winterspeak.com/columns/102901.html .

But that says they have two licences: essentially a non-GPL one for making
money out of, and the GPL for spreading mindshare.

If I am a company who wants to embed BerkeleyDB in my product, without
revealing my source to the whole world, I have to take the non-GPL one.