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I think you're misunderstanding the GPL. From the top of the Preamble section: > When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our Ge
by jagger27 5y ago
I think you're misunderstanding the GPL. From the top of the Preamble section:
> When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for them if you wish)
You are free to modify Grommunio's freely available source code and remove any user cap limits, as long as you make your source code changes available.
In fact I'm fairly certain that Section 10. "Automatic Licensing of Downstream Recipients" protects your right to make this modification:
> You may not impose any further restrictions on the exercise of the rights granted or affirmed under this License. For example, you may not impose a license fee, royalty, or other charge for exercise of rights granted under this License, and you may not initiate litigation (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that any patent claim is infringed by making, using, selling, offering for sale, or importing the Program or any portion of it.
I’m curious where you think this price model isn’t allowed under the GPL.
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html
(I am not a lawyer.)
- nix23 5y agoSince it's opensource you can change the code (remove the restriction, and release a 1to1 fork/patch without restriction), and this is why it make no sense to implement such a restriction in the first place. And this is why NO OTHER A/GPL project does that, understood?
- jagger27 5y agoThe reason could be as simple as to add just enough friction to nudge people towards a paid support plan. We agree that it's a silly way to create a value add, and we both agree that it's unenforceable because of the choice to license under (A)GPL. You're being needlessly hostile and made vague claims about whether or not something like this even allowed under GPL. You haven't demonstrated that this isn't allowed, and that's all I was pointing out. Understood?
- nix23 5y agoI still wait for an example which other A/GPL project thinks that's a good idea or even implements such a restriction...understood?
- jagger27 5y agoAre you serious? Where did I say this was a good idea? As for an example, I don’t know, Red Hat Enterprise Linux? They charge $349 with no support for a single license.