Re: [OT] Re: Troll Tech [was Re: Sco vs. IBM]

David Weinehall (tao@acc.umu.se)
Sat, 21 Jun 2003 19:54:58 +0200


On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 05:05:52PM +0000, Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote:
> Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com> writes:
>
> >> open source play there is no barrier to entry for anyone else, they
> >> can take your source and sell it under the same terms.
>
> >Sorry, they don't _sell_ it, because this is a GPL violation. They may
> >distribute it. And thats about it.
>
> He talks about open source. You talk about GPL.
>
> And of course you can sell GPLed Software for $$$$. What do you think
> that RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake and all the others do. I can sell you an
> linux-2.0.40.tar.gz for $20,000 and if you buy it, good for
> me. Nothing illegal here.

Well, that would be false marketing, because I still haven't managed to
put myself through the last ordeal that it is to fix the remaining
issues before I can release linux-2.0.40...

/David

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