Charging ($20) for GPL source?

[Omar Kaminski]

Okay, Shane.

But these subjetive questions make the evolution. I am not questioning the 
GPL itself.

Remember the topic, they didn't make the source code avaliable only. 
Besides, without the code you cannot exercise all the 4 liberties of Free 
Software.

Omar



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shane M. Coughlan" <shane at shaneland.co.uk>
To: "Omar Kaminski" <omar at kaminski.com>
Cc: <legal at lists.gpl-violations.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: Charging ($20) for GPL source?


> 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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