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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!lucy.swin.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!phaedrus.kralizec.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.uk.ibm.net!news-m01.ny.us.ibm.net!news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net!not-for-m ail From: mouth@ibm.net (Mouth of the South) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: GPL Date: Mon, 03 Feb 1997 21:48:23 -0500 Lines: 17 Message-ID: <3Nq9y0gTz7iI091yn@ibm.net> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <32ED1866.34F02393@indiana.edu> <5cl66d$l52@web.nmti.com> <5cmiuu$iud@garuda.synet.net> <5cokgi$alm@web.nmti.com> <L3U8y0gTz/TM091yn@ibm.net> <32F167BB.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> <0rnuc5.3e1.ln@zen> <5cvodo$hme@omega.gmd.de> <5d4u8s$5qk@halon.vggas.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip129-37-195-144.nc.us.ibm.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:155981 comp.os.linux.networking:67178 comp.os.linux.advocacy:82299 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2220 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:51808 comp.os.os2.advocacy:265473 In article <5d4u8s$5qk@halon.vggas.com>, JYoungman@vggas.com (James Youngman) wrote: >I can modify GCC and refuse to give it to you for less than $1,000,000. >*If* I give this version to you, I *must* supply source and *you* are allowed >to give it away for free. That's it in a nutshell. You can sell GPLed code for as much money as you can find a buyer willing to pay. But if the buyer is smart enough to do it too, you just can't complain when they take your modifications and sell the whole package again to someone else for an even higher (or lower) price than you charged. It's like a pyramid scheme, except that it's completely legal. Anybody call sell anything for any price whatsoever, with no restrictions at all. That's another reason why GPL is so compelling.