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| Authored by: Scott_Lazar on Thursday, October 18 2012 @ 08:56 AM EDT |
Just to be clear, when you say "same license (or newer)" that
"newer" can only be for YOUR contribution, not the collective
works. I couldn't take an existing GPLv2 pure distro (Fedora
or Slackware perhaps? ie with no non-GPL components), rework
it, say replacing KDE with a "ScottVision" interface and
release a "ScottWare" distro under GPLv3.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, October 18 2012 @ 09:14 AM EDT |
Sure, You are allowed to sell and get big bucks for the first copy of your
derivative work but any price above the cost of distribution would soon be too
high to compete in an easily formed market where everyone/anyone can copy the
work with physical reproduction costs being the only expense.
Maybe a software that is highly desirable by a very small number of customers
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, October 18 2012 @ 10:12 AM EDT |
I think you're right, he seems to be confusing "libre" with
"gratis". It's not important to the point he was making,
which is that the GPL is a license, not a contract, so the
recipient of the covered software is bound by the GPL
whether or not he wishes to accept it.
Another commenter here correctly points out that the GPL
puts an economic limit on one's margins when selling the
code - it eliminates a major barrier to competitors seeking
a piece of your market (namely, they don't have to write
their own code, they can just use yours). That doesn't make
sales impossible (especially since your own cost of
acquiring the software may be very low) - just ask Red Hat.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: SpaceLifeForm on Thursday, October 18 2012 @ 12:21 PM EDT |
The judge does not get it.
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