Re: Microsoft needs a help strategy

[amicus_curious]

"Peter Köhlmann" <peter.koehlmann@arcor.de> wrote in message 
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> amicus_curious wrote:
>
> > "David Kastrup" <dak@gnu.org> wrote in message
> > 85ocxrkkfj.fsf@lola.goethe.zz">news:85ocxrkkfj.fsf@lola.goethe.zz...
> > > Try reading the GPL sometime.
> > Well, is it valid?  In any case, if the author chooses to give it away
> > gratis, then the option of charging for it is no longer applicable.
>
> Giving it "away" at no cost does not mean giving up copyright.
> And you extremely dishonest POS know that quite well
> --
You seem confused by all this.  Certainly once the author has made the grant 
of gratis use and redistribution, he has ceded the right to any expectation 
of profit.