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Article #1483Re: KDE v. Gnome
From: fweigel
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 00:00
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 00:00
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In article <qLos6hA$1WF2EwM3@dlsl.demon.co.uk>, Jason Clifford <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk> wrote: > In article <3614FF1F.7582@nospam.nospam>, No Spam <nospam@nospam.nospam> > writes > >To quote from it: "When we speak of free software, we are referring > >to freedom, not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to > >make sure that you have the freedom to distribute > >copies of free software (and charge for this service if you wish), > >that you recieve source code or can get it if you want it, that you > >can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs; > >and that you know you can do these things. > > The license specifically states that one may charge for the service of > copying and distributing the software which is different from selling > the software! > -- > Jason Clifford > Jason: Sorry for posting from dejanews (this is nospam again). The license *doesn't* prohibit selling the software! It simply removes the right to remove the right of distribution! In other words, it *adds* freedom. nospam. -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1103af,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid1103af,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public From: fweigel@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome Date: 1998/10/04 Message-ID: <6v8tmh$ib8$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> X-Deja-AN: 397713345 References: <360fb4c0.25402167@news.demon.co.uk> <RAf*6c-Gn@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk> <CNkG7GAKUAE2EwBj@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <slrn7106b5.dud.dblake@dylan.ucsf.edu> <36104836.58344271@mailtraq.feverish.demon.co.uk> <slrn711rft.ees.dblake@dylan.ucsf.edu> <361122d7.21142602@mailtraq.feverish.demon.co.uk> <slrn712cc1.en9.dblake@dylan.ucsf.edu> <361165c4.38277645@mailtraq.feverish.demon.co.uk> <xzqbtnyqp0c.fsf@uni-paderborn.de> <mtuPTcAi2gE2EwHq@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <3617a270.1113770@news.supernews.com> <vHxtpjAawKF2Ews3@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <3614FF1F.7582@nospam.nospam> <qLos6hA$1WF2EwM3@dlsl.demon.co.uk> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x14.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 24.64.164.64 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Sun Oct 04 22:23:35 1998 GMT Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/3.02 (Win95; I)