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GPL survives antitrust challenge - again

GPL survives antitrust challenge - again

Posted Nov 16, 2006 1:58 UTC (Thu) by bojan (subscriber, #14302)
In reply to: GPL survives antitrust challenge - again by jstAusr
Parent article: GPL survives antitrust challenge - again

> 2. The fact that there is no "allows requirement of "no charge"" in the GNU GPL. (The keyword there being "requirement".)

Just for your reference:

http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#DoesTh...

That's copyright royalty, right there - not permitted per GPL - not even for "distribution", not just "redistribution".

Of course, feel free to believe otherwise. ;-)


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GPL survives antitrust challenge - again

Posted Nov 16, 2006 17:33 UTC (Thu) by jstAusr (guest, #27224) [Link] (1 responses)

That says:
a fee can not be required *not* requires no fee.

GPL survives antitrust challenge - again

Posted Nov 16, 2006 19:21 UTC (Thu) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]

"Charity royalty" strikes again ;-)


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