On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 06:48, dlwiggers wrote:Exactly - I heard this from the very mouth of Richard Stallman (who financed his move into becoming a Free Software developer by selling tapes of emacs). Mandrake are perfectly entitled to release their distribution only to paying contributors. However, the GPL allows anyone who does pay for a copy to redistribute it. Release software early to Mandrake Club members is a perfectly acceptable way to make use of that time window, and helps them give back something to people who support Mandrake financially.
Yes, without a doubt.On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 10:25:08 +0000 Richard Urwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sunday 28 Sep 2003 6:25 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
What does the GPL say about the following?
"Next ISOs of Mandrake 9.2 Download Edition will be available for Club Members and all people who have contributed to the new version(including developers and translators), prior to retail packs and public download release."
Is this in conformance with the GPL?
Does the GPL favor anyIANL
select group or does it prohibit discrimination and
restrictions?
the GPL neither favors, nor discriminates against any group, other than
the author and users. As I understand the GPL, it does not ever make the requirement to
provide the finished product, just the source code. and even then, not
to the world at large for $free$ (as in free beer).
Sir Robin
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