<personal opinion>
Well, you *could* do this, but you're missing the point of the intent of the
GPL.
It's about sharing, and the mutual improvement of all our business LOGIC,
not our revenue streams.
</end rant>
Charles Daminato
Product Manager (ccTLDs)
Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: February 17, 2001 3:03 PM
> To: Charles Daminato
> Cc: Gregory Neil Shapiro; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: RENEW.CGI w/ Signio/Verisign integration almost complete.
>
>
> There's a possible way around this. Calling my code externally. For
> example. I release a patch to renew.cgi that calls my code. You can
> distribute that patch (or patched code), but not the code that's in a
> seperate file.. I believe this is doable.. What do you think?
>
> Alex
>
> Charles Daminato writes:
>
> > Gregory is almost correct. You CAN charge for changes you've
> made to GPL
> > code, but you MUST (based on the license), include your altered code as
> > well.
> >
> > Which means Alex will make $20 from the first person that buys
> the code, and
> > that person can post the code to the lists (sorry Alex...).
> >
> > The actual clause is:
> >
> > For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
> > gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that
> > you have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the
> > source code. And you must show them these terms so they know their
> > rights.
> >
> > The GPL is distributed with each copy of the client code :) :) :)
> >
> > Now, if Alex wrote everything in a different language (C, C++,
> Java, PL/1)
> > he'd be set :)
> >
> > Again, sorry Alex :)
> >
> > Charles Daminato
> > Product Manager (ccTLDs)
> > Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > > Behalf Of Gregory Neil Shapiro
> > > Sent: February 16, 2001 2:29 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: RENEW.CGI w/ Signio/Verisign integration almost complete.
> > >
> > >
> > > alex> I've hacked up a very functional (and almost complete)
> > > renew.cgi with
> > > alex> bits and pieces from reg_system.cgi with Signio/Verisign
> > > integration.
> > >
> > > alex> I'm thinking of selling the patches for this for $20 a pop.
> > > What say
> > > alex> you all? Anyone interested?
> > >
> > > Sigh, OpenSRS is supposed to be an "open" forum for
> > > registrations. Selling
> > > a patch just seems against the whole OpenSRS way of thinking to me. I
> > > guess I'm just an open source guy at heart.
> > >
> > > Although I personally do not like the the GPL, you may not be
> able to sell
> > > your patch since your code is based on GPL code. You better check the
> > > license.
> >
>
>
> Alexey Zilber
> DAYAK
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