On Jan 27, 2008 1:19 PM, Luis Garrido <luisgarrido@email-addr-hidden>
wrote:
> > 1. usage of a computer program licensed under the terms of GPL in a
> hardware
> > product, whether modified or not, is not a distribution of a computer
> > program licensed under the terms of GPL, and is thus prohibited by GPL.
>
> I don't follow you there. Why the exception you mention (selling
> computers with Linux preinstalled) is indeed a exception and not the
> rule?
It's the only case i can think of right now, that allows to distribute
GPLed software inside hardware for profit,
because you're making profit out of the hardware not the software.
>
>
> As I see it, where it really matters, LS is Open Source and Free
> Software, whatever the FSF, the OSI or anyone else says. No matter how
> it is worded, the only freedom the LS authors are trying to keep from
> you is the one to make a direct commercial profit of their hard work
> without giving back to the community, with seems to me more than fair
> enough and quite worthy of openishness and freeishness.
Everything i'm saying is that the same thing is already covered by GPL and
their exception is in fact a valid intepretation of the GPL.
Marek
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