Re: [LAD] [OT] LinuxSampler and GPL - some clarifications

On Jan 28, 2008 11:40 AM, Frank Barknecht <fbar@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> Hallo,
> Marek hat gesagt: // Marek wrote:
>
> > 2. The FedEx example should demonstrate why the FSF chose
> > "distributing for fee". Everytime someone restricts others to download
> > free software in order to charge for it, he makes the software a
> > little bit less free. (Doesn't matter if you can get it somewhere
> > else, some people dont even know for example). So in order to keep
> > your software free from legal point of view, you say that the person
> > in question is charging for the physical act of transferring a copy
> > not for the software itself. In fact he is indeed doing so, he takes
> > the software from someone and offers to someone else for a fee, he
> > distributes.
>
> How do you sell software without distributing a copy of it as well?

Here's one definition of distribute:To divide among several or many;
to deal out; to
 apportion; to allot.

Let' have an example:

If i take ardour, throw out everything GUI related plus a couple of
other things, make some modifications in order to
make it work with a custom front panel with a couple of hardware
buttons, a couple of hardware sliders and a lcd panel in order to
build a 16 track rack based recorder,
and make the sources free, would call this distributing ardour?

> As the GPL doesn't say a
> single word about how the fee for distribution should be calculated,
> in fact it is up to the distributor to specify the price. The GPL
> doesn't restrict the fee at all.

Who said something else?

Marek
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Received on Mon Jan 28 20:15:09 2008