>>>>> "Philip" == Philip N Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Can someone tell me wether RT-Linux is under GPL or not? The
>> Homepage says so, but I also heard from companies developing
>> comercial products with it.
Philip> As far a I know, yes. As for companies developing commercial
Philip> products - that is not restricted by GPL(?) ... Red Hat v6.0,
Philip> for example, is selling in CompUSA for >$50. There's nothing
Philip> in GPL to stop you selling anything ... you just have to pass
Philip> on the open source code with unrestricted use: "free" means
Philip> freedom not necessarily financially gratis.
And better yet... you do NOT have to give away the parts that aren't
derived from the GPL code. So you can have a commercial product that
uses Linux, or RTLinux, and is sold with significant restrictions.
The point of GPL is that you can't restrict the redistribution and
modification of the GPL code, or code derived from it.
That's goodness...
paul
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