[svlug] Yopy and the GPL

HvR hvrietsc at yahoo.com
Wed Jan 17 19:51:01 PST 2001


--- "Justin F. Knotzke" <shampoo at cam.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 04:44:38PM -0800, HvR wrote:
> > just remember gpl does not equal free like in free
> > beer ie they can and will charge money...
> 
> 	I am fully aware of this. My point is two fold.
> 
> 	1. Are they changing GPL'd code and not supplying
> the code changes?
> 	2. If they did not make any code changes to GPL'd
> code then the
> tools they are selling are freely available
> everywhere. How do they
> expect to make any money?
> 
> 	Justin.
> 

same as when redhat sells enterprise linux for $1500 a
seat and then even put all sw source on a cd...
> 
> -- 
> Justin F. Knotzke
> shampoo at cam.org
> pgp public key http://www.shampoo.ca/pubkey.html


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