Charging Money for GPL'ed Software (Read the comments)

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Post by swannodette » Mon, Nov 16, 2009, 4:10 PM UTC

Charging Money for GPL'ed Software (Read the comments)
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Re: Charging Money for GPL'ed Software (Read the comments)

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Post by Mushon » Mon, Nov 16, 2009, 4:52 PM UTC

You can charge for GPLed software, the only thing wrong with this one is the restriction of use. People (even highly talented and educated ones) just don't get the GPL...

By the way, it's a beautiful theme, and a good price. I am sure they would lift the use restriction (and possibly increase the price)

Re: Charging Money for GPL'ed Software (Read the comments)

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Post by swannodette » Mon, Nov 16, 2009, 5:05 PM UTC

Mushon wrote: post #2

You can charge for GPLed software, the only thing wrong with this one is the restriction of use. People (even highly talented and educated ones) just don't get the GPL... By the way, it's a beautiful theme, and a good price. I am sure they would lift the use restriction (and possibly increase the price)

Of course, but the most interesting point is that GPL allows someone to repackage it and sell it themselves. GPL in this sense has ethics baked - implicit trust in consumer of the software to do the right thing.