[sllug-members]: Software Licenses, Repositories

Gary Thornock gthornock at yahoo.com
Wed Oct 18 11:13:04 MDT 2006


--- Steven Retz <SJR3t2 at RetzNest.com> wrote:
> It has been a while since I have reviewed GPL.  If I remember
> correctly, GPL main points are 1) you have to share the source,
> 2) you can't charge for the software (but you can charge for
> services).

Not quite.

1) You have to make source available *if* you distribute the
   software, and you have to include source for any of your
   changes that you distribute.
2) You *can* charge for the software, but you can't stop anyone
   else from selling it or giving it away for free.


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