about the GPL version, and password protection...

[Monte Goulding]

On 19/02/2013, at 6:41 AM, Colin Holgate <coiin at verizon.net> wrote:

> Well, there's your problem then! Hopefully there will be a way for plugin makers to create plugins that can work for the GPL version, if need be by using a different way to protect their code.

Ideally most will see the advantage of dual licensing. What's going to happen is there's going to be lots and lots of people building 99% of their app using the GPL version and only buying commercial when they are ready to release. If people have been using the plugin then they will need a license for that too... unless the plugin is just a helper. Helpers are a little more complicated because unless some code is included in the distributed app then dual licensing won't help the developer. It could still be released under a standard commercial license that inhibits distribution but it would need to be unprotected.

Cheers

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