Question

A developer at your company wants to bundle an open-source utility licensed under the GPL into a proprietary product that will be sold to customers. Before packaging it, she asks the IT support team what the licensing model requires. Which characteristic of this license type should you explain applies to the situation?

Accepted Answer

The software may be used freely but source code for derivative works must be made available under the same license terms

Answer

The license permits distribution only if each installed copy is tracked against a purchased per-seat count

Answer

The license is a personal use agreement that forbids any commercial or corporate deployment

Answer

The license expires annually and requires renewal fees paid to the original author before redistribution