Perhaps these will help (the horse's mouth): http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 19:44, Vance Shipley wrote: > On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 07:27:05PM -0500, Marc Williams wrote: > } I understand and apparently you do too as your examples show. For all I > } know, everyone involved understands. But there was an *implication* > } made by one or more people in this thread that the GPL somehow forbade > } people from *selling* software which simply is not accurate. > > > I said that. And I'll stand by it. I don't pretend to be a lawyer, > I've never even played one on TV, but I think I can comprehend english. > My read of the GPL, and my basic understanding of law, says that you > cannot sell "the software" as it is copyrighted and guaranteed to be free. > > You may charge for the service of packaging it, shipping it, configuring > it, painting brilliant colours, etc. > > This may be a subtle distinction to you but not to me. And my telling > someone naive in these matters that you cannot sell them the software > is more accurate than your saying you can. I mean this in the sense > that their grasp of the issues involved will be closer to truth. > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ List: Openh323gk-users@lists.sourceforge.net Archive: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8549 Homepage: http://www.gnugk.org/
