Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264958AbTFUQvv (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:51:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264961AbTFUQvu (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:51:50 -0400 Received: from mail.hometree.net ([212.34.181.120]:45492 "EHLO mail.hometree.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264958AbTFUQvt (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:51:49 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Path: not-for-mail From: "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" Newsgroups: hometree.linux.kernel Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Troll Tech [was Re: Sco vs. IBM] Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 17:05:52 +0000 (UTC) Organization: INTERMETA - Gesellschaft fuer Mehrwertdienste mbH Message-ID: References: <20030619165916.GA14404@work.bitmover.com> <20030621161026.20857c06.skraw@ithnet.com> Reply-To: hps@intermeta.de NNTP-Posting-Host: forge.intermeta.de X-Trace: tangens.hometree.net 1056215152 26850 212.34.181.4 (21 Jun 2003 17:05:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@intermeta.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 17:05:52 +0000 (UTC) X-Copyright: (C) 1996-2003 Henning Schmiedehausen X-No-Archive: yes User-Agent: nn/6.6.5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1225 Lines: 28 Stephan von Krawczynski writes: >> open source play there is no barrier to entry for anyone else, they >> can take your source and sell it under the same terms. >Sorry, they don't _sell_ it, because this is a GPL violation. They may >distribute it. And thats about it. He talks about open source. You talk about GPL. And of course you can sell GPLed Software for $$$$. What do you think that RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake and all the others do. I can sell you an linux-2.0.40.tar.gz for $20,000 and if you buy it, good for me. Nothing illegal here. Regards Henning -- Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen INTERMETA GmbH hps@intermeta.de +49 9131 50 654 0 http://www.intermeta.de/ Java, perl, Solaris, Linux, xSP Consulting, Web Services freelance consultant -- Jakarta Turbine Development -- hero for hire --- Quote of the week: "Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience." --- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/