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In article <ueu4gxeaka@ads.com> johnston@ADS.COM (Scott E. Johnston) writes:
>In article <284615A0.5415@ics.uci.edu> jhummel@wave.ics.uci.edu (Joseph Edward Hummel) writes:
>>
>>  My original post asked if it was legal for people to charge others for
>>the work of porting gcc (or other GNUware).  Thanks to all who replied,
>>here and via email.  The bottom line is that it sure is legal, and even
>>desirable.
>
>I think the general wisdom on the net is wrong.  According to the
>license, once you distribute or publish a work to one party, you have
>to make it available to all third parties at no charge, with the
>exception of being able to charge a distribution fee for the physical
>act of transferring a copy.  I'll hold my own opinion on this until
>a) Stallman responds, b) someone reposts a previous response from
>Stallman, or c) the GNU public license gets interpreted in a court of
>law.
>

I'd like to clarify that I agree that one can charge any price for
porting a GNU tool and distributing it the first time.  My comments
were about what happens after that.

Scott E. Johnston
Advanced Decision Systems
Mt. View, CA