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Jay Belanger You should read the GNU Manifesto (original, without later added footnotes): "GNU, which stands for Gnu's Not...
Man oh man, how can you be such a retard, dak? David Kastrup Consolidated know-how on escaping the GPL under 17 USC 109 can be found in "Distributing GPL...
Liberty, rights, etc. From the preamble of the GPL:
When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.
Right. When they want to refer to monetary issues, they're very careful to use the word "charge" or "fee", and not simply say "free" (there's one place where it says "free of charge" -- this use of the word is not ambiguous, because "of charge" makes it clear that price is intended).
Note also that the GPL specifically says that you CAN charge a fee when distributing free software. The license to use and redistribute the software must be at no additional charge, but you can charge for the service and-or media.
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