From: "Jacob Schmude" <jschmude@adelphia.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: strange communication
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 20:08:04 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031105010521.SCZG1433.mta1.adelphia.net@beavis> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0311041519160.15751-100000@localhost.localdomain>
Hi
Actually, that's not true. The gpl states that anyone may charge money for a product, as long as the source is distributed with it. The gpl doesn't say that the
product has to be freely downloadable, it says that the source must be provided and that the user has the right to modify it. Many people seem to interpret this
as the product must be available at no cost, which is not true. RH is completely entitled to charge money for enterprise linux and not make it freely
downloadable, so long as they provide the source code with it. As the FSF says: think free speech not free beer.
HTH
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 15:20:48 -0600 (CST), Nick Gawronski wrote:
>Hi, You won't need to buy redhat enterprize linux if you don't want to.
>The new version will be freely downloadable and if it is not then that
>is a violation of the gpl.
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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
Chuck Hallenbeck
` Deedra Waters
` Jes and guide dog Harley
` Jacob Schmude
` Jes and guide dog Harley
` Jacob Schmude
` Nick Gawronski
` Jacob Schmude [this message]
` Adam Myrow
` Janina Sajka
` Alex Snow
` Jacob Schmude
` William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209
` Sina Bahram
` Jes and guide dog Harley
` Janina Sajka
` Guy Abandon.
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