[Ilugc] About GPL !
- From: metallica_tony@xxxxxxxxx (K.Sriram)
- Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 13:22:39 -0800 (PST)
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When I read about GPL license terms & Conditions I got to know that
From http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html
The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) has no requirements about how much you
can charge for distributing a copy of free software. You can charge nothing, a
penny, a dollar, or a billion dollars. It's up to you, and the marketplace, so
don't complain to us if nobody wants to pay a billion dollars for a copy. We
are'nt concerned about the money, we are concerned abt the freedom that the end
user gets.
Remember that GPL gives u more freedom than open source software license.
This made me happy, coz a programmer works hard to code an app. He will surely
hesitate to give it as a free ( no cost ) software. Instead of that he can put
that app. along with its source ( including all the freedom as mentioned in GPL
) in a media and sell it for a good price. But when I read the terms of GPL at
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
Accompany it ( ur dist media, cd, floppy etc.) with a written offer, valid for
at least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your
cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable
copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of
Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange.
Here they hav said that u must not charge no more than your cost made in
buying, writing ur software in a media and transferring it to the customer. So
what abt the programmers' effort ? I can't understand this.
At one point they hav said that u can sell for any cost, and at another they
hav said that u shud not charge no more than ur cost of performing the
distribution.
Can anyone explain?
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<DIV>When I read about GPL license terms & Conditions I got to know that
</DIV>
<DIV>From <A
href="
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html";>
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html</A></DIV>
<DIV>The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) has no requirements about how
much you can charge for distributing a copy of free software. You can charge
nothing, a penny, a dollar, or a billion dollars. It's up to you, and the
marketplace, so don't complain to us if nobody wants to pay a billion dollars
for a copy. We are'nt concerned about the money, we are concerned abt the
freedom that the end user gets.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Remember that GPL gives u more freedom than open source software
license.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>This made me happy, coz a programmer works hard to code an app. He will
surely hesitate to give it as a free ( no cost ) software. Instead of that he
can put that app. along with its source ( including all the freedom as
mentioned in GPL ) in a media and sell it for a good price. But when I read the
terms of GPL at <BR><A
href="
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html";>
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html</A></DIV>
<DIV>Accompany it ( ur dist media, cd, floppy etc.) with a written offer,
valid for at least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more
than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete
machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under
the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software
interchange.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Here they hav said that u must not charge no more than your cost
made in buying, writing ur software in a media and transferring it to the
customer. So what abt the programmers' effort ? I can't understand this. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> At one point they hav said that u can sell for any cost, and at
another they hav said that u shud not charge no more than ur cost of
performing the distribution. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Can anyone
explain?</DIV><BR><BR>##################################################<br>
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http://m-net.arbornet.org/~sriramk ;( development ) <br>
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, <br> Never shined in thru what I have shown <br>
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