FC4 or FC5

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Mon Jun 12 21:33:29 UTC 2006


On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 17:08 -0400, Michael H. Warfield wrote:

> > If you want to put money on your table through honest work GPL sucks
> > dead bunnies through garden hoses.
> 
> 	You are obviously a troll.  The GPL does not prohibit making money.
> Get that through your head.  In fact, if you BOTHERED to even read the
> thing it would be quite clear that you can charge what you like.  Just
> like any other license, it just sets the terms, you can set the price if
> you can get people to buy it.  You just can't charge MORE for the source
> code.  Big harry deal.

AND - you can't keep the first person who gets a copy from
redistributing it.  So you might sell one copy and your
customer can undercut your price or give it away.

>  The GPL is NOT about freeware, it's about the
> availability of the source.

AND not restricting additional redistribution.

-- 
  Les Mikesell
   lesmikesell at gmail.com





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