At 02:00 PM 2/13/2002, Steve Langasek wrote: >> you cannot sell *gpl binaries. You can sell the media, but not the content. >> Think sun has a good idea with dual licensing and having assignment of the >> copyright. This allows them to change the license so that they can make >> a productized version. > >Since this is not the first time this mistruth show up in the discussion >here, I think a clarification is warranted. > >The second paragraph of section 1 of the GPL (v.2) states: > > You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and > you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee.
That's EXACTLY what I am saying. You can charge for a PHYSICAL COPY, or for the service of making one, but may not license the code for money. The next paragraph, which you conveniently omit, specifically says this: >b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part >contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a >whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License. --Brett Glass
