On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Earl, Joseph <[email protected]>wrote:
> I have a question on GSL GPL, in the FAQ it states: > > 1) 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. > > 2) 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.) > > > So the following should be allowed? > > - Charge $X for an application binary and required written offer to provide > the source code for free > - and charge anything up to $X for the source code only (for people who do > not purchase the binary) > And would it then be allowed for someone to pay $X for the source, and then put it up on their own website and distribute it for free (with attribution, and under GPL, etc) ? > > Regards, > Joseph Earl > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > help-gsl-bounces+joseph.earl06 <help-gsl-bounces%2Bjoseph.earl06>= > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Gough > Sent: 22 January 2010 15:30 > To: Vicent > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Help-gsl] Permissions for using GSL in my own software > > At Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:26:03 +0100, > Vicent wrote: > > But if I develop a software of my own and I register or patent it, am I > > allowed to use GSL inside it??? > > > > Sorry if this is a too easy question. Anyway, I would appreciate any > > feedback. > > Information about the license: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html > > See also the brief description at http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/ > under "Licensing" > > > _______________________________________________ > Help-gsl mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gsl > > > _______________________________________________ > Help-gsl mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gsl > -- Carl Boettiger Population Biology, UC Davis http://two.ucdavis.edu/~cboettig _______________________________________________ Help-gsl mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gsl
