Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 16:54:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 16:54:21 -0400 Received: from mail.webmaster.com ([216.152.64.131]:24527 "EHLO shell.webmaster.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 16:54:19 -0400 From: David Schwartz To: , Pavel Machek CC: X-Mailer: PocoMail 2.61 (1055) - Licensed Version Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 13:57:49 -0700 In-Reply-To: <1028262585.391.115.camel@fede> Subject: Re: Funding GPL projects or funding the GPL? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Message-ID: <20020803205750.AAA16052@shell.webmaster.com@whenever> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1050 Lines: 25 >But something is wrong with this. If I donate then it's no longer free. >And only if you never donate then you can call it free. Efectively, that >means that to get to a certain level of funding donators have pay 99 >times the amount that would otherwise be needed if everyone contributed. The GPL explains your misunderstanding: When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things. Free software is about freedom, not about pricing. DS - 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/