Hi,

Mike Meyer wrote:
> Actually, the GPL says "for a charge no more than your cost of
> physically performing the source distribution", without a word about
> the cost of the media. In particular, this leaves the issue of what
> you charge for the *time* taken to make the distribution. If you farm
> out burning CD's for the binary to a mass duplication facility, but do
> the source distribution by hand, it's even possible to charge more for
> the source distribution than you do for the binary distribution,
> because the difference in copying methods leads to a difference in
> cost.

Interesting. I have this image of someone hand-copying the source
code to paper, then re-checking it, then posting it, and charging
$25 an hour. :) 

Cheers,
Dave.

-- 
        David Neary,
        Lyon, France
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