🚀 go-pugleaf

>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.
>
>I'm biased, but I don't see anything wrong with it.  After all,
>presumably it WAS a lot of effort to do it, or else you'd just do it
>again yourself.

I'm unclear on whether Cygnus Support is permitted, by the terms of
the GPL, to charge for anything more than the physical act of
transferring a copy, when asked to redistribute a program they have
distributed at least once before.  Alternatively, can they charge any
price they choose for the act of distribution, without any criterion
of reasonableness?  Is it possible to get some clarification from the
creator(s) of the GPL as to the intent of the following GPL clauses,
and how they apply in this case?

* cause the whole of any work that you distribute or publish, that in
  whole or in part contains the Program or any part thereof, either
  with or without modifications, to be licensed at no charge to all
  third parties under the terms of this General Public License (except
  that you may choose to grant warranty protection to some or all
  third parties, at your option).

* You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy,
  and you may at your option, offer warranty protection in exchange
  for a fee.