Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 10:39:54 02/17/04
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On February 17, 2004 at 00:14:36, Keith Evans wrote: >On February 16, 2004 at 20:08:19, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On February 16, 2004 at 18:36:06, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On February 16, 2004 at 16:17:46, Dann Corbit wrote: >>> >>>>On February 16, 2004 at 13:38:44, Christophe Theron wrote: >>>> >>>>>On February 15, 2004 at 13:21:45, Dann Corbit wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On February 14, 2004 at 17:45:45, Christophe Theron wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On February 14, 2004 at 03:56:09, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On February 13, 2004 at 11:47:59, Christophe Theron wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>No it is not legal to charge for the software. It is OK to charge for >>>>>>>>>distribution costs and service, but not for the software. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>There are no distribution costs in this case (you do not have to pay to have >>>>>>>>>your program available at Handango) and I fail to see what kind of service they >>>>>>>>>provide. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>9.95 is illegally selling GPL software. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>You are completely wrong. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>-- >>>>>>>>GCP >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Thank you for pointing this article to me, it seems I was wrong. >>>>>> >>>>>>People sell GPL stuff all the time. Look at this: >>>>>> >>>>>>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000E3QNB/qid=1076869125//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i3_xgl65/002-9067846-1194427?v=glance&s=software&n=507846 >>>>>> >>>>>>$68 is not the cost of media, I am afraid. It's actually rather humerous. >>>>>> >>>>>>People also use GPL stuff and do not follow the agreements. There are some >>>>>>famous chess programs that have done this, for instance. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I did not know you could legally charge any amount of money for a GPLed program. >>>>>But that is indeed perfectly legal, and even encouraged by the FSF (the only >>>>>requirement is that you must give the source code for free or almost nothing if >>>>>you are asked to). >>>>> >>>>>That opens new horizons to me. >>>> >>>>Are you planning to distribute the Chess Tiger code base? >>>>;-) >>> >>> >>> >>>Absolutely not. >>> >>>I was thinking about Linux and other free software and the possibility to make >>>money by using it instead of an other well-known OS, for local clients, where I >>>live. It opens the possibility to charge not only for the service but also for >>>the software and the updates. >>> >>>I think that very soon it will pay off (and very well) to have Linux skills. >>>Also, the french government has just decided to start using free software as >>>much as possible instead of proprietary (mainly Microsoft) with the goal of >>>replacing proprietary software by 2007. >>> >>>It's not computer chess related at all. >> >>Here is a funny thing about FSF. >> >>I should be able to take a Redhat CD, and duplicate it. >>I now call this "Greenhat Linux" and sell it for the same price as Redhat. >>After all, the whole mess is GPL. >> >>It makes me wonder how in the world do they make any money? It seems an >>incredibly risky venture. > >You probably could not duplicate one of their CD's exactly due to copyrighted >material on there. Not sure about this, but there are many redhat references on >the CD. But..... > >I think that they beat you to it ;-) > >fedora.redhat.com > >fedora - get it? That is sponsored by Redhat. They are tired of doing their own development now, and want to get some free slave labor.
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