From: Eric Schwartz <emschwar@...>
Date: 2003-07-12T02:15:56+09:00
Subject: Re: My brief and torrid affair with Ruby.

Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net> writes:
> Eric Schwartz wrote:
> > ...  But if you want to use non-GPL components, perhaps as
> > an option, then you can *also* license your code under any onerous,
> > nasty, proprietary license you choose.
> 
> How can you do so if your code uses a GPL component (which was the 
> context of the original question)? Once you embed the GPL code, you lose 
> the right to add an onerous, proprietary license.

You can replace the GPL component with a non-GPL component, or
re-license the GPL component under another license.  So you see, you
don't lose the right to add an onerous proprietary license, it's just
harder to do so than it otherwise might be.

-=Eric
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