Re: crazy copyrights
bruce@perens.com writes:
> This author is trying to interpret the GPL to his users, and is
> getting it a bit wrong.
What is wrong? It is not complete (nothing but the full text would be)
but none of the claims seem to me to be false.
> > This licence basically ALLOWS you to:
> > - use ntop for both educational and commercial purposes
GPL does allow that.
> > - study, modify, redistribute ntop's source code.
GPL does allow that.
> > - build new applications based on ntop.
GPL does allow that (as long as the new apps are themselves GPLed).
> > What you CANNOT do with ntop is:
> > - charge a fee for using ntop except for the physical act of
> > transferring a copy.
GPL does disallow charging fees for _using_ a GPL'ed program --
| 6. ... You may not impose any further restrictions on the
| recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein. ...
-- and GPL does allow charging fees for the physical act of
transfering a copy.
--
Henning Makholm
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