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On Tuesday, November 15, 2011 11:14:21 AM Harry van Haaren did opine:
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 3:19 AM, Tristan Matthews

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> wrote:

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

> > see: 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

The GPL still has teeth.  However if this reseller is using the profits to

fund improvements and/or bug fixing, AND those patches are being

contributed back, then I have no huge moral problems with it.  It may

resemble a wine vs crossover thing, if you want the latest, buy crossover.

If wine will run your app, that is ok too.
Cheers, Gene

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