Re: sell ImageJ

Posted by Adrian Daerr on May 18, 2007; 2:43am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/sell-ImageJ-tp3699427p3699432.html

Paolo Ariano wrote:
> maybe the solution, i've proposed in the past, would be to release
> ImageJ under GPL ?

Well, besides the answer by Johannes Schindelin, another would be:
nobody prevents *you* from doing it. Just grab a copy, rename the project
and publish it under the GPL. You can always put a more restrictive
licence on a less restrictive one. Of course that only prevents code from
your branch from finding its way back into the original ImageJ. Is it
worth it ?

I don't know what precisely bothers you with people re-using and selling
ImageJ (they must create enough added value to sell it I believe), but
this reminds very common discussions of GPL vs BSD-style licenses. So as
this goes a lot beyond the purpose of this mailing list, I suggest the
discussion be pursued off-list if necessary.

best regards from Paris
Adrian