would someone kindly clarify this paragaph,please (RHbusiness model)

Martin Stricker shugal at gmx.de
Mon Oct 27 23:54:48 UTC 2003


"John P. Mitchell" wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:55:35 +0100
>   Michael Schwendt <ms-nospam-0306 at arcor.de> wrote:
> >On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:35:01 +0100, Martin Stricker wrote:
> >
> >> As far as I understand the GPL, you may charge for the software.
> >> The GPL is about source code, not money.
> >
> >> You may even deny the redistribution of
> >> your *binaries* (like RHEL does).
> >
> >They cannot and do not do that with the GNU GPL'ed (or similarly
> >"free") portions of their products:
> >http://www.redhat.com/licenses/rhel_us_3.html (Appendix 1 section 1)
> 
>     This is my understanding as well, and has been confirmed through
> a call to Red Hat.

Thank you for pointing this out! So I understood it wrong.

Thanks,
Martin Stricker
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