From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_MSGID, LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,43ae7f61992b3213 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,faf964ea4531e6af X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Robert Dewar Subject: Re: GPL and "free" software Date: 1999/04/27 Message-ID: <7g3agp$oou$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 471297542 References: <7fibd5$jc7$1@news2.tor.accglobal.net> <7fjucn$k4p$1@trog.dera.gov.uk> <7fkl3v$1e2$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <7fl5ac$9sh$1@news2.tor.accglobal.net> <7fl9q5$ab7@drn.newsguy.com> <7foo6s$qbm$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <37209ca6.1133249@news.pacbell.net> <7fudch$hsv$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <3723c38b@eeyore.callnetuk.com> <7g1sdh$nvo$2@netnews.upenn.edu> <7g268b$n1e$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <7g2epv$k11$1@netnews.upenn.edu> <7g2l0f$58g$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x13.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.14 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Tue Apr 27 03:22:05 1999 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,gnu.misc.discuss X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.04 [en] (OS/2; I) Date: 1999-04-27T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , 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! -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own