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		a3_nm on Oct 8, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tell HN: I just open-sourced the e-mail client I s... IANAL either, but I still think he'd be free to use his original code in a commercial product. By releasing under GPL, you give others a limited license to redistribute and modify the software subject to some conditions, but you keep all your rights, and you are free to distribute proprietary versions of the code. See https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ReleaseUnderGPLAnd...

drschwabe on Oct 8, 2011 | [–]

Ooooooohhhh neat, OK that makes GPL a whole lot more attractive then. Assumption destroyed; paradigm expanded. Thank-you.

raphman on Oct 8, 2011 | [–]

correct.

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