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On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 3:19 AM, Tristan Matthews

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> FYI, you're well within your rights to "earn money" from GPL software, see:

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> https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html

>

Although you are right in the technical sense, I don't agree profiting from

other peoples work on moral grounds.
For example: http://www.illusionmage.com/ is a site that will sell you a

copy of Blender, with a rebranded logo. Because Blender is GPL, any

modifications must also be GPL. So the author of "Illusionmage" created a

patch (available http://www.illusionmage.com/disclaimer.htm) and now sells

the whole package for 47$ a pop.
Although this technically complies with the GPL, I find it abusive of the

GPL on moral grounds. I must agree with you that indeed selling GPL is

allowed in the technical sense though. -H
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anded logo. Because Blender is GPL, any modifications must also be GPL. So =

the author of "Illusionmage" created a patch (available http://www.illusionmage.com=

/disclaimer.htm) and now sells the whole package for 47$ a pop.

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he GPL on moral grounds. I must agree with you that indeed selling GPL is a=

llowed in the technical sense though. -H
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