On Tuesday 26 April 2011 17:40:23 Pravin Dhayfule wrote: > I have not read GPL 2, but as per my knowledge software released > through GPL can be freely modified, distributed and used, no matter > whether it is for personal or commercial use.
Correct > So has GPL 2 being > changed in a way that the Modification and Distribution are subject > to restrictions from original developer and the modifier is > accountable to pay for it to the original developer? No. > > This is what actually GPL2 released Dans > Guardian Web Content Filtering Software manufacturer claims. > > http://dansguardian.org/?page=copyright2 > > As per the agreement: > ===================== > DansGuardian 2 - the summary > > DansGuardian 2 is: > > * licensed under the GPL version 2 whichever file has this licence can be sold, billed for installation. given away without charge etc. subject to making the modified source available down stream > * Open Source > * Free Software where 'Free' means Freedom > * freely (no cost) downloadable from this site for > non-commercial use * freely (no cost) downloadable from this site > for general purpose unix distributions like FreeBSD, Debian, > Fedora, Ubuntu, etc > * not freely downloadable from this site for installation by > 3rd parties charging for installation or support "this site" is the key. You could ask someone to download from this site and give it to you. Then charge for install or find another repo like ubuntu or debian http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dansguardian/ > * not freely downloadable from this site for commercial use > * a registered trade mark of Daniel Barron > * copyright Daniel Barron > > DansGuardian 2 - download from this site restrictions for > commercial use > > For all non-commercial[1] use you are free, without cost, allowed > to download DansGuardian from this site. > > For all commercial[2] use permission to download DansGuardian from > this website is restricted. > > The restrictions on the downloading for commercial use from this > site are that you may only download it once for free. This will > enable you to try out the software before making a decision to > purchase a commercial licence to download it. In order to download > updates, bug fixes, etc, from this site you must purchase a > download licence. Once you have a copy of the software there are no > restrictions on use commercial or otherwise. It is purely GPL > software. You can download or obtain DansGuardian from many sources > and I place no restriction on those. It is only the downloading > from this site that is restricted. > ============ > > I am confused as there are some clauses that contradicts FSF's > philosophy about Freedom to change and distribute. What more adds > to confusion is the First statement on that page: > == > I would like to thank RMS for personally helping me make sure this > licence is clear, Free, obvious and pure GPL. > == > > Is RMS or FSF really aware of this? The term "this site" is important. He is entitled to charge for use of "this site". However everybody else's site is free as in beer. -- Rgds JTD _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
