> There's no question of charging for the source. The GPL says that if > you distribute a binary under the GPL you must also make the sources > available (for a reasonable duplication fee if desired, or for free), > or indicate where the user can get the sources for free from (e.g. a > URL). An offer of the form, `Here is my app for Rs. 50000 and if you > want the sources I'll charge you another Rs. 50000' is explicitly > forbidden under the GPL; at least until the Indian Rupee gets so > devalued that Rs. 50000 is the going rate for a bottle of cola, in > which case it may certainly be considered a reasonable duplication fee
Isn't the precise amount of money indicated by a word like "reasonable" always grey enough to allow wide latitude? I guess the hard limits to these "reasonable" figures will only be decided by case law. I don't yet remember hearing about any case in any court where the reasonableness of the duplicating fees for GPL source was the bone of contention. So I guess we'll have to wait. :) About your example of Rs.50,000, frankly, I can easily imagine how some companies can show you that it actually costs them Rs.50K to duplicate a CD. Want to look into the inefficiencies of some sarkari companies, and start by adding up the cost-to-company of all the committee meetings to decide the specs of the CD writer to be used? :)) Shuvam _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
