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It might cause issues at (today's) margins ?? You know, how with FLOSS software (IIRC) you MUST provide the source on request, but CAN demand to be paid for th
by BlueTemplar 3y ago
It might cause issues at (today's) margins ??
You know, how with FLOSS software (IIRC) you MUST provide the source on request, but CAN demand to be paid for the inconvenience (hosting, bandwidth, shipping physical storage...)
Seems like this wouldn't be an issue, but it would still be nice that this situation had been covered by the law.
P.S.: GPL :
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html
"Distributing free software is an opportunity to raise funds for development. Don't waste it!"
OS :
https://opensource.org/osd/ https://opensource.org/osd/
"The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software [...]" (Emphasis mine, literally the first non-fluff phrase !)
- jeroenhd 3y agoThose terms are quite GPL specific. The payment you can demand under GPL explicitly isn't allowed to be a money maker. It's to cover the costs only. I wouldn't classify that as commercial and I'm not aware of any laws that would.
- denton-scratch 3y agoThat's not FLOSS; that's GPL.