Picking a license

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message 
<5e719bcd-5405-4c34-870b-13e64ef1f818 at k29g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>, Patrick 
Maupin wrote:

> On May 14, 6:13 am, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l... at geek-
> central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
>
>> In message
>> <2b17ee77-0e49-4a97-994c-7582f86c0... at r34g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>,
>> Patrick Maupin wrote:
>>>
>>> On May 13, 10:06 pm, Lawrence D'Oliveiro
>>> <l... at geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
>>
>>>> Under the GPL, everybody has exactly the same freedoms.
>>
>>> That's absolutely not true.  For a start, the original author can dual-
>>> license.
>>
>> That’s nothing to do with the GPL.
> 
> If you mean "that's out of the control of the GPL" I agree.  But the
> whole point of the discussion has been about how people can't take GPL
> licensed code proprietary, making enhancements, etc. and I'm just
> pointing out that this doesn't apply to the original author.  Someone
> can decide they aren't making enough money under the GPL and stop
> distributing that way, and make all their enhancements proprietary, if
> they are the original author.

That’s nothing to do with the GPL.