Re: GPL and "free" software

[Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com>]

In article <mh23g7.ajc.ln@joey>,
  <spblunt@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> Note "give any other recipients of the program a copy of
> this Licence along with the program".  Does that mean you
> need not tell them about the GPL  until the money has
> changed hands?

You can sell a box with a mystery gift in it and give
no information at all if you want, so yes, of course the
answer is yes. But so what? If you are concerned that B
is selling something to C that they have acquired from A
at a cheaper cost, then I would say:

a) this happens all the time, it is what commerce is about!

b) This could happen with either GPL'ed software or
non-GPL'ed software, since there is no connection between
the GPL and the price in $$$.

I think that part of the premise of this thread is that
the significant issue is what B paid to A, but that is
in fact completely irrelevant to this thread.

Yes, C might have paid more than they need to, but that
happens all the time (just look at ebay auctions!), and
there is nothing fraudulent about trying to sell things
for the highest price you can get for them.

If someone auctions a copy of GNAT 3.11p on ebay, and
manages to get someone to pay them $10,000 for it, then
they have located an ebay auction sucker, but there is
no fraud involved!


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