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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] RMS on Swedish Pirate Party vs Free Software
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Simon Ward |
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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] RMS on Swedish Pirate Party vs Free Software |
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Mon, 3 Aug 2009 00:26:56 +0100 |
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On Sun, Aug 02, 2009 at 01:50:41PM +0100, Pater Mann wrote:
> Even if I did decide to try and sell the software, you don't have to
> buy it but, if you did, I would also give you the source code so that
> you were not dependant on me for fixes and extensions. It would not be
> FOSS because you would have to buy it to get the source
That in itself is a misunderstanding of free software. You can choose
not to distribute free software free of charge. The requirement is that
when you do distribute it, whatever you charge, you also provide (in
most cases) equivalent access to the source code.
> and it would be tied up with legal agreements that would prevent you
> from passing it on to others but at least you would not be locked in.
Legal stuff clearly can get in the way of allowing something to be free
software.
Simon
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