Re: licence fee for plugin ?

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Preface: I am not a lawyer.

At Jabber, Inc, we were concerned about the fact that the COM =20
interfaces are covered by GPL, and pulled into the plugin, thereby =20
potentially GPL-polluting the plugin code.  We have a special license =20=

from the copyright owner that explicitly exempts us and our customers =20=

from this issue.

What does this mean for you?  I'm not sure...  If you want to sell =20
your plugin and make the source available, you're home free, since =20
this is allowed by the GPL.  If you want a more traditional model, =20
you can contact me offline, and we may be able to work something out, =20=

either with Jabber, Inc., or I can proxy you in to the copyright owner.

On Sep 11, 2006, at 10:21 AM, B=E9n=E9dicte Gombault wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm considering developing a plugin for Exodus, and distribute it to
> interesting clients. I would charge a licence fee for the plugin.  =20
> I would
> have one installation file containing both exodus and the plugin, =20
> and would
> clearly say that the package is based on the GPL Exodus software =20
> (respecting
> the GPL licence).
>
> Is this a legally valid business model ?  Has it been used in the =20
> past ?  Is
> there something I should know about it ?
>
> I would certainly contribute to the Exodus project if I were to go =20
> ahead
> with it (eg. providing additional translations)
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Ben
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