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To: Musket
because under the GNU licensing agreement they would not be able to charge for their work. Am I right?

Nope. There are commercial products available for Linux. Oracle is probably the best know one, though Adobe is also coming out with a Linux product.

Writing a commercial application that does not use GPL'ed code means you do not have to distribute the source code. Hence, it can be as proproetary as you like.

Most commercial linux products do rely on the LGPL license for their linkages to GPL'ed libraries. This license is different in that you don't have to GPL your own code to use a LGPL library.

25 posted on 01/21/2005 10:57:50 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce; cosmicassassin

Thanks. Well, I'm starting to get it.


28 posted on 01/21/2005 11:29:33 AM PST by Musket
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