Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265219AbTFURlA (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jun 2003 13:41:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265225AbTFURlA (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jun 2003 13:41:00 -0400 Received: from khan.acc.umu.se ([130.239.18.139]:21986 "EHLO khan.acc.umu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265219AbTFURk7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jun 2003 13:40:59 -0400 Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 19:54:58 +0200 From: David Weinehall To: "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Troll Tech [was Re: Sco vs. IBM] Message-ID: <20030621175458.GT17986@khan.acc.umu.se> References: <20030619165916.GA14404@work.bitmover.com> <20030621161026.20857c06.skraw@ithnet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1321 Lines: 31 On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 05:05:52PM +0000, Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote: > 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. Well, that would be false marketing, because I still haven't managed to put myself through the last ordeal that it is to fix the remaining issues before I can release linux-2.0.40... /David -- /> David Weinehall /> Northern lights wander <\ // Maintainer of the v2.0 kernel // Dance across the winter sky // \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/