Can I sell fedora?
Scott Talbot
talbotscott at cox.net
Sun Oct 24 21:09:28 UTC 2004
On Sun, 2004-10-24 at 14:33 -0400, Scot L. Harris wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-10-24 at 11:58, Erik Hemdal wrote:
> > >
> >
> > As I understand the GPL, the answer is no. One can't sell GPL software
> > for whatever one wants, one can only recover the cost of distributing
> > media, etc. You can argue that it costs $100 to burn a CD in your
> > country (maybe your ISP charges by the mile and electricity is very
> > expensive) but it seems dubious from here. Your (the OP) own messages
> > indicate that you know a $100 price is inflated.
>
> Actually the GPL says the following:
>
> "You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and
> you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee."
>
>
> It does not say how much of a fee you can charge for the act of
> transferring a copy.
>
> IANAL (as so many on this list have already said), it appears you can
> charge what ever you like to transfer a copy to someone. However, the
> scheme you are cooking up does appear to trip the scam meter.
>
> --
> Scot L. Harris
> webid at cfl.rr.com
>
> He who laughs last didn't get the joke.
>
Add to this whatever the tax laws are 'cause I'd just bet they'd
have a field day with this!
Scott
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