I believe that both GPL and LGPL disallow any charge for the software in
excess of the cost of the media and distribution, but you may charge for
ancillary services such as support.

jm7


                                                                           
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BOINC is distributed under the LGPL license.  LGPL != GPL.
Neither license prohibits selling anything AFAIK.


On 14-Oct-2010 7:13 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> Question 1:  The GPL states that if you redistribute the executable, you
> have to redistribute the source.  So, if you are using it for your own
use,
> or internally within one company, you do not have to share the source.
> However, if you give it to anyone (and you are not allowed to sell it)
you
> will have to supply the source as well.  NOTE, that since I am not an
> employee of UCB, this is merely an informed opinion, not a reflection of
> how they see the world.
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