Re: The Spirit of Free Software, or The Reality

[Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>]

lumin <cdluminate@gmail.com> writes:

> Besides, some Free Software Licenses don't prevent people from selling
> them for profit, and so does Debian GNU/linux itself.

Indeed, if a license restricts charging a fee when redistributing the
work, it is by definition (FSF and DFSG) not a free license.

The work is only free if recipients are free to charge a fee – of any
size – for redistributing the work.

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Ben Finney