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Re: UC license and debian



On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 21:11 -0400, Benjamin Seidenberg wrote:

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> >
> > OK.. now I am really confused. 
> No problem ;-). Let me try to help...
> >   Below is the relevant text.
> > I read this as free for non-commercial use
> Yes.
> >  and non-free for commercial use. 
> Correct.
> >  GNU GPL can't be used in commercial software 
> Incorrect. Here is where the error lies. The GPL allows you to sell
> copies of the software - you just have to provide the source code with
> it, and whoever you sell it to could then give it away. For more
> information see:
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html
> 
> > and by the above reasoning, therefore is not DFSG free?
> >   
> (Obviously by removing the claim on which this is based, we show this as
> false)
> 
> 
> I hope this helps!

Yes it does, thanks.  


> Benjamin
> 
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