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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: GPL and QPL licenses?
From:       Stephan Hermann <sh () kde-coder ! de>
Date:       2002-07-26 17:37:06
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Hi,

On Friday 26 July 2002 18:37, aleXXX wrote:
> On Friday 26 July 2002 09:15, Stephan Hermann wrote:
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> > Hi,
> >
> > after all, I ask again:
> >
> > On Thursday 25 July 2002 23:34, Rolf Magnus wrote:
> > > On Thursday 25 July 2002 20:13, Stephan Hermann wrote:
> > > > > As long as your app is open source, you are fine.
> > > >
> > > > so, you _can_ sell your app with including it's code and putting it
> > > > under the GPL.
> > >
> > > Yes. Actually, that's what distributors are doing. You can sell it, but
> > > since it's under GPL, everyone you distribute your app to has the right
> > > to do the same, or to give it away at no cost.
> >
> > Ok, my app with code under GPL I could sell.
> >
> > But,
> >
> > can I sell every app/lib/etc., when it's under GPL, with including the
> > source?
>
> Yes.
>
> > Doesn't it break the philosophy of QT or e.g. MySQL ?
>
> No.
> The problem is, there won't be so many people who will buy it if they can
> download it for free from the net (except they get more for their money,
> that's what distributions do).

But if you can't download it for free from the net ?
E.G. http://www.regexps.com/monkey.html

You need to pay the author of the app to get it (in this example, only if you 
can't afford to pay, you can have it without paying it..see url).

And at least, when the app is available, the app _need_ QT or MySQL or 
whatever, it can't run without. 

So, is this a commercial case, or is this a GPLed "donation" case ?

Well, after all, these thoughts are coming in my mind, when I read this 
announcement on the page mentioned earlier in this mail.

I'm stopping this thread now :)

\sh

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