[GTALUG] "'Opens source' is not 'free software'"

[Loui Chang]

On Thu 13 Jul 2017 13:54 -0400, Alvin Starr via talk wrote:
> If I try to make money off selling Apache with my module or PHP then I run
> afoul of the intent of the GPL.

The GPL does not forbid anyone from making money by selling software. It only
requires that an offer of source code be made.

> b) Convey the object code in, or embodied in, a physical product (including
> a physical distribution medium), accompanied by a written offer, valid for at
> least three years and valid for as long as you offer spare parts or customer
> support for that product model, to give anyone who possesses the object code
> either (1) a copy of the Corresponding Source for all the software in the
> product that is covered by this License, on a durable physical medium
> customarily used for software interchange, for a price no more than your
> reasonable cost of physically performing this conveying of source, or (2) access
> to copy the Corresponding Source from a network server at no charge.

Can a durable physical medium include cassettes, floppies?