On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 10:25:03AM +0000, Miguel A Paraz wrote: > On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 06:20:58PM +0800, eric pareja wrote: > > > > I don't see anything in the GPL that forbids commercial binary redistribution of > > GPLed software. Can you point me to the section/paragraph that says this? > > Oops sorry about that. > > I meant, the GPL forbids commercial binary-only redistribution of derived > works. If I want to distribute (and not just rent out) a commercial > binary-only software package, I can't use GPL code there. I may use Apache > or BSD licensde code.
Thanks for clarifying this. It should be made clear what is not permitted by the GPL. However, I think that there might be a good discussion about what -is- allowed, so that people can understand why they should choose a particular license for software they write. eric -- ___ Eric Pareja (xenos AT upm.edu.ph) | Information Management Service [IMS] \e/ Network and Systems Administrator | University of the Philippines Manila _v_ ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ "Even the smallest person can change the course of the future." -Galadriel -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
