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Subject: Re: GNAT GPL is not shareware
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Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net> writes:

> The only difference with GPL is that you must give the source if you
> sell the software to customers asking for them.

No, it also means that those customers can pass it on to anyone else,
modify and resell it or give it away, whatever. The GPL is about far
more than just making the source available to customers.

-- Mark