[Gllug] GPL & Licence Fees

Juergen Schinker ba1020 at homie.homelinux.net
Mon Nov 12 13:24:44 UTC 2007


>> So the only way an annual charge would make sense is if it is for a
>> service.
>
> I've been thinking about this and I think there's one other way you could
> have an annual charge.
>
> Say I've taken an existing GPLed package and modified it slightly to give
> it an extra feature which you need.  I haven't distributed the package yet
> so I am under no obligation to let you have either the binary or the
> source.  You ask me to sell you a copy

if you sell it you distribute it so you apply to GPL and have to supply the
source-code

Juergen

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