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Re: Redistribution costs of GNU software

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From: Sean Fagan
Date: Sat, 12 May 1990 12:20
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In article <259@unf7.UUCP> shite@unf7.UUCP (Stephen Hite) writes:
>  Is this "Networks" company breaking any CopyLeft rules on reasonable 
>redistribution costs??

There are no rules about redistribution costs.

The problem is, though, that if you charge $150k for it, someone can then
post the source code.  That tends to limit things...

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Subject: Re: Redistribution costs of GNU software
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