Charging ($20) for GPL source?

[Shane M. Coughlan]

Omar Kaminski wrote:
> Please, let me reformulate this:
> IMO you're *not* imposed to distribute the work licensed under the GPL.
> But once you do, the binaries should be avaliable too, or toghether.

The GNU GPL requires that if you distribute binaries you must also
redistribute source code, but if you distribute only source code you
would also be fulfilling the terms of the licence.

As for charging, if the actual cost to the company of preparing and
shipping the source code on CD ROM is $20 then there is nothing wrong in
charging $20; they are fulfilling the terms of the licence.

Please let's stick to the terms of the GNU GPL.

There is a good FAQ here:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html

Discussions about what people think should be done are purely subjective
opinion, and do not reflect the obligations imposed on the parties by
the GNU GPL.

Regards

Shane

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