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I was just reading what RMS had to say on the subject of selling Free software.... http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html sai Chris Buechler wrote: >On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 19:27:37 -0400, Ernie Zingleman <ks4q at zingleman dot com> wrote: > > >>Perhaps this might be a great idea but....... >>has anyone asked Manuel Kasper what he thinks about this idea? >> >>Manuel's terms of service allow for the redistribution of the software, but >>they don't address redistribution for profit. >> >> >> > >m0n0wall is distributed under what is basically a BSD license. > >"2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright >notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the >documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution." > >This statement means, if you wanted, you could include this code in a >commercial project without releasing any of your changes, so long as >you follow what it says. (this is the major difference between the >GPL and the BSD license, with GPL you would have to release your >changes) > >Also under this license, anybody can sell the software at any price >they desire. > >I don't speak for Manuel, obviously, but his intentions with this >license appear to be that he did not care if people profited from the >code. Otherwise I'd imagine you would see a more restrictive license. > > > > >>Lastly, I urge everyone that has not made a donation to consider making one. >>This is a great software package and I think the effort deserves our >>financial support. >> >> > >Agreed 100%! > >Help other than financial support is also needed. As the newly >appointed documentation editor, I'm very much in need of assistance in >getting the users guide completed. Email me off-list if you're >interested in helping. > >-Chris > >P.S. I have Gmail invites to offer, send me an email off-list if you want one. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > > > > > > |