On 11/17/2010 3:16 PM, John Hasler wrote:
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. writes:Licensing under the GPL and charging for granting a license (not just reasonable distribution costs) is compatible.Charging whatever the market will bear for a copy is permissible. Charging for a license is not.
That's splitting hairs. I expect RMS would disagree, but in real terms, what's happening is when you get a copy, you agree to the terms of the license, or don't use it. The copy comes with baggage, and charging for one means charging for the other. They are forever inseparable.