[Info-vax] OT(?): Linux: developed by corporates. *NOT* developed by unpaid volunteers.

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2015-03-30 07:34:26 +0000, David Froble said:

> John E. Malmberg wrote:
>> On 3/29/2015 2:40 PM, David Froble wrote:
>>> 
>>> But I had the very strong impression that the code under the GPL 
>>> license could not be sold.  Am I wrong?
>> 
>> Yes.
>> 
>> You can sell the code under the GPL license.  You must provide to the 
>> customer the source code either directly or available as a download 
>> site for some period of time as specified in the license details.
> 
> Does this apply to code you've written, or to all code under the GPL license?

All code.

You can sell GPL code.

Here is what the FSF states: "Yes. You can charge any fee you wish for 
distributing a copy of the program. If you distribute binaries by 
download, you must provide “equivalent access” to download the 
source—therefore, the fee to download source may not be greater than 
the fee to download the binary."  That from 
<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#DoesTheGPLAllowMoney>

>  I have a hard time understanding being able to take what others have 
> provided as free, and charging customers for that code.

Whether folks are interested in buying the code depends on the 
particular customer and their particular priorities.


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