[Gllug] Query on PD software licencing

David Damerell damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Tue Apr 12 14:06:00 UTC 2005


On Saturday, 9 Apr 2005, t.clarke wrote:
>merely defrayed the physical cost of copying and distributing.  After all,
>the likes of Cheap-Linux have been charging nominal amounts for Linux CD
>distributions for years, and I believe they are still doing so without threat
>of Linus or anyone else taking them to court.

Why is this pertinent? The free licenses that the Linux kernel and
associated material are under permit for-profit distribution.

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