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Frank Heckenbach frank at g-n-u.de
Thu May 10 08:58:38 UTC 2001


Stefan Meretz wrote:

> Frank Heckenbach wrote:
> > I suppose these people have actually read the GPL (or BSD license or
> > whatever) before releasing their stuff under it, haven't they? If
> > they didn't like the fact that it allows others to make money from
> > it, they could (should) have chosen another license, rather than
> > complaining later that others do exactly what they were allowed to.
> 
> Is there a copyleft license preventing from making money with free
> software?

I'm not aware of any particular, though there probably are some
among the myriads of more or less free licenses.

But in any case, it would not be free software according to
DFSG/OSD.

Frank

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