[H-GEN] GPL licensing
Andrae Muys
andrae.muys at braintree.com.au
Thu Sep 11 21:27:47 EDT 2003
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Arjen Lentz wrote:
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> Hi Jason,
>
> On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 21:28, Jason Parker-Burlingham wrote:
>
>>You can charge money for a copy of a GPLed program, but no matter
>>whether you sell it or give it away for free, you have to give (FSVO
>>"give") the recipient a copy of the source code, too.
>
> Make available.
> It doesn't necessarily have to be "on the CD".
> Could be FTPable somewhere, etc.
According to the FSF, FTPable isn't sufficient. You have to be willing
to provide the source on physical computer-readable media at cost. This
is a FAQ on the FSF website.
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#DistributeWithSourceOnInternet
Although given the increased availability of the internet since the GPL
was written, the rationale there may no longer hold.
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Andrae Muys <andrae.muys at braintree.com.au>
Engineer Braintree Communications
"Now, allowing captured continuations to be inspected and altered at
runtime (including binding mutation, complete rebinding of scopes,
and call tree mutation)... *that* is really evil. And, I should
point out, quite useful." - Dan Sugalski
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