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

Alvin Starr alvin at netvel.net
Thu Jul 13 18:19:15 EDT 2017



On 07/13/2017 06:11 PM, Loui Chang wrote:
> 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?
>
I could have phrased that better.
If I decide to sell my software with custom modifications but do not 
offer to show the source.
Then I am afoul of the GPL.

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