MySQL does a variation on this. They have the code available under the GPL, but will, for a fee, license it to you in a closed source license if you wanted. This would allow a company to use MySQL as their db of choice without risking having to release their program under the GPL for using and linking to a modified MySQL. > If you own the copyright and you are not including or linking to > anything not under your copyright, this is ABSOLUTELY legal. > > If you start to link or include code from elsewhere it becomes > problematic in that you need to adhere to the license under which those > things are released. > > AOL 'kind of does this' with Netscape/Mozilla combo. Sun kind of does > this with the StarOffice/OpenOffice combo. Others have tried it as > well. Dual licensing is not new and Im sure others will try it in > various capacities. >>Suppose I wanted to release a software product. I wanted the Linux version >>to be Open-Source, something like the GPL perhaps. But I wanted the Windows >>version closed-source so I could sell it. Would this be feasible? >> >>Has anyone seen a license like this?