[Fwd: Re: Charging ($20) for GPL source?]

[Shane M. Coughlan]

Arnoud Engelfriet wrote:
> Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>> Btw. i would not pay $1, even if i am interested. Is it open source
>> or not? In the moment i pay for the sources so i think its better
>> called "paid source".
> 
> It's open source because of the rights the recipient gets when
> he obtains the source. It's not open source because you get it
> for free. 

Arnoud makes a very good point here.  Free Software is about the freedom
it gives the user, not price.  There is no obligation to deliver Free
Software at zero cost, nor to provide the source code at zero cost
(though there is an obligation to provide the source code).

Shane

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