>But one designer whose consent to a design I was seeking asked about >selling the CB end product - probably due to awareness of ADC2 and the >fact that some of those modules are sold or of the recent appearance >of for-sale DTP-Vassal modules. > >I was trying to reassure him that beyond my own expectations the sale >of Cyberboard gameboxes was expressly forbidden by the terms of use of >CB itself. I am just asking if anyone recalls seeing that proviso >stated on or in the CB docs somewhere.
I never said that people couldn't charge for GameBoxes. I'm not sure where this statement came from but I've heard it before. In fact I've never said the CB in general would always be free. I did say the particular releases would never be charged for. If something is free how could you convince someone to pay for it since they could get it for free elsewhere. :) The fact is that when CB goes open source the GPLv2 doesn't say you can't charge money for it. It says you must provide access to source code to anybody you deliver the program to and that any changes you've made to the source must also be provided as well. If you are not the copyright holder you also cannot change the license to something more restrictive. Anyone who receives the source can make it freely available as well. In effect this keeps things free but it does not mandate it. Dale
