On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 06:20:58PM +0800, eric pareja wrote:

I wrote:
> > Joey Gurango is coming from the commercial software developer
> > perspective, while most open source success stories come from the MIS and
> > service provider sector.  But, "professional open source" is getting some
> > attention - though it's coming from the Apache/BSD license school of thought
> > rather than the GPL (which forbids commercial binary redistribution).
> 
> Migs,
> 
> I don't see anything in the GPL that forbids commercial binary redistribution of 
> GPLed software. Can you point me to the section/paragraph that says this?

Oops sorry about that. 

I meant, the GPL forbids commercial binary-only redistribution of derived 
works.  If I want to distribute (and not just rent out) a commercial 
binary-only software package, I can't use GPL code there. I may use Apache
or BSD licensde code.

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