On Tuesday 10 Mar 2009, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > On Tuesday 10 March 2009 08:18:26 Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote: > > > GPL doesn't restrict someone to sell a gpl software to others, > > > just that the buyer is not aware of the 4 freedoms he is entitled > > > with. > > > > As I understand, with GPL, all you need to do when you sell > > software is to make the code of the software available to the > > buyer. > > and to anyone else who asks for it
No, only to people you distribute the software to. If I give a GPL software to Devdas, I'm obliged to provide only Devdas with the source code if he asks for it. Anyone else asking for it can be safely told to go jump in a well without breaking the terms of the licence. Regardless of whether you charge for the software or not, the licence mandates provision of source to the receiver and the receiver only. The receiver is then free to do whatever s/he wants with it, including keeping it or redistributing it. Regards, -- Raju -- Raj Mathur [email protected] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
