On 05.12.2015 20:20, sealed interface wrote: > The GPL v2 license, under which GIMP is licensed
GNU GPL v3, at least if you are referring to recent releases. > I am sending this to confirm if RollApp's claims are true, as it seemed > unlikely for a very Copyleft organization like GIMP to allow for it to be > sold this way. I'm pretty sure that GIMP would have to be distributed under the GNU AGPL in order to require anyone to release their code changes - but regardless of that, basing a paid service on it would be perfectly legal. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-affero-gpl.html One could argue that they are providing a Service as a Software Substitute, as described in https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html But as the FSF states, this is not addressed by either the GNU GPL or GNU AGPL, and probably not addressable in a Free Software license. Maybe you can point out what exactly should be prevented, without compromising the Freedom that's promoted by Free Software? The one part in that statement that is - IMO - not entirely true is the thing about being "in communication"; I think we basically ignore them. -- Regards, Michael GPG: 96A8 B38A 728A 577D 724D 60E5 F855 53EC B36D 4CDD _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
