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Re: FW: your software site
- To: cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: FW: your software site
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 18:54:11 -0700 (PDT)
- Reply-To: earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com
--- Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com> wrote:
>
> This is a bit off topic, but has been discussed here.
> I was under the impression GPL'ed software cannot be soft for
> profit. Therefore, on my web sites siddiqi.webjump.com and
> geocities.com, i posted notes the binaries were covered under GPL
> therefore cannot be sold for profit.
>
> I received the following message from FSF requesting to delete the
> licensing note because it was misleading. According to the
> following
> message, "one cannot charge a usage fee for GPL software."?
It is free, as in freedom to use, modify and redistribute as I see fit within
the limits of the GPL. It is not free as in free of charges, I may package it
and sell the package as I see fit as long as I don't limit the "freedom
rights".
=====
Earnie Boyd <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
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