Read and respond to this message at: https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=3398853 By: nobody
I noticed this clause on the license page: "There are no royalties or other fees to be paid for use of software from GnuWin32. But you may not sell the binaries; if you wish to redistribute any of the programs, you must do so for free. If you develop programs using libraries from GnuWin32 you may sell these programs; in this case you might consider making a donation to the GnuWin32 project. "Bundling GnuWin32 binaries with other software and distributing these as a single work, e.g. on a CD-ROM, is permitted. If you sell such a bundle, then the price should not be raised because of the GnuWin32 binaries and you must clearly document inside the bundle as well as on the website where the bundle is sold, the source of the binaries; on its website you must also provide in a clear way a link to the GnuWin32 site." I don't see how this is acceptable for the GPL'd packages. The GPL prohibit additional restrictions beyond those it already imposes--this is why the original 4-clause BSD is incompatible with the GPL, for example. >From the GPL itself: "You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein." And from the GPL FAQ (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html) " Does the GPL allow me to sell copies of the program for money? Yes, the GPL allows everyone to do this. The right to sell copies is part of the definition of free software. Except in one special situation, there is no limit on what price you can charge. (The one exception is the required written offer to provide source code that must accompany binary-only release.) "Does the GPL allow me to charge a fee for downloading the program from my site? Yes. You can charge any fee you wish for distributing a copy of the program. If you distribute binaries by download, you must provide "equivalent access" to download the source--therefore, the fee to download source may not be greater than the fee to download the binary." For other licenses (ie, the BSD-licensed packages) these provisions are probably acceptable--though they also mean these packages have extra restrictions and are therefore GPL-incompatble (ie, you can't use the GnuWin32 libarchive or zlib in a GPL'd program). But for the GPL'd packages: is this a major GPL violation or am I misunderstanding something? ______________________________________________________________________ You are receiving this email because you elected to monitor this forum. To stop monitoring this forum, login to SourceForge.net and visit: https://sourceforge.net/forum/unmonitor.php?forum_id=74807 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today * Register for a JBoss Training Course Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005 Visit http://www.jboss.com/services/certification for more information _______________________________________________ GnuWin32-Users mailing list GnuWin32-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users
