Re: GPL does not prevent you from selling programs.

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From: Michael I Bushnell
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1992 23:34

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In article <XR4ueB48w164w@mantis.co.uk> mathew@mantis.co.uk (Lieutenant 030) writes:

   > The GPL does not prevent people from making money selling a program.

   Indeed.  However, it decreases the number of customers you can expect
   for any given program, since any customer can sell or give away copies
   to his friends.

So?  We don't allow people to use guns to increase revenue either.
Just because "they would have more customers" isn't a very good reason
to support something.

	-mib

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From: mib@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell)
Subject: Re: GPL does not prevent you from selling programs.
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