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In article <GUMBY.91Apr24115301@Cygnus.COM> gumby@Cygnus.COM (David V. Wallace) writes:
	  From: geissler@D012S050@ap542.uucp (Norbert Geissler)
	  I got the answer, that I can get this GCC if I pay(!) for the effort they
	  had to do the porting.
   You should check the GNU Manifesto and Licence to see that the "FREE"
   part of Free Software is "FREEDOM" rather than "No Cost".  (An
   unfortunate ambiguity in both English and German).
	  my questions:
	  1) Do you think, this is legal ?
	  2) Anyway, what's your opinion ?
   It's perfectly legal.  Of course, once they've given you a copy
   there's nothing to stop you from distributing copies to folks at
   whetever cost YOU choose.

Well, here's the license info from Emacs 18.55 (I didn't have the gcc one
handy, but it's essentially the same:

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  2. You may modify your copy or copies of GNU Emacs source code or
any portion of it, and copy and distribute such modifications under
the terms of Paragraph 1 above, provided that you also do the following:
[....elided]
    b) cause the whole of any work that you distribute or publish,
    that in whole or in part contains or is a derivative of GNU Emacs
    or any part thereof, to be licensed at no charge to all third
    parties on terms identical to those contained in this License
    Agreement (except that you may choose to grant more extensive
    warranty protection to some or all third parties, at your option).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sounds like you're wrong, though I didn't see anything to prevent one
from couching the fees as "support" fees, as Cygnus does.  There is
obviously a strong NO COST emphasis as well as intended FREEDOM OF
DISTRIBUTION.
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