[K12OSN] Student Record Software

[Ryan Collins]

On 10/7/05, Tom Hoffman <tom.hoffman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/7/05, Burke Almquist <balmquist at mindfirestudios.com> wrote:
> > Schoolmation might fit that criteria.
> > http://www.schoolmation.com/schoolmationweb/main/index.php
>
> As an aside, SchoolMation 2.0 isn't free software.  The 1.x versions
> were under the GPL, but they say they had some issues with other
> companies (one in India, apparently) then reselling their code under
> commercial licenses, which is prohibited under the GPL.  Rather than
> defending their rights, they punted and just gave up on free software.

A little OT, but there is nothing in the GPL to prevent a company from
reselling the code with a commercial license. I can take K12LTSP and
sell it to whoever I like. Under the GPL, I have to give the same
rights to the people I sell it to though. Now if the India company
wasn't giving the buyers full access to the source code, then it would
have a problem.

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Ryan Collins
Technology Coordinator - Kenton City Schools
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