[Gllug] GPL & Licence Fees

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On 12 Nov 2007, Juergen Schinker stated:

>>>> 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
>>
>> Uhm,... yes.
>>
>> How is this relevant to the paragraph which you are apparently attempting
>> to comment on?
>
> well you seemed to differentiate between distribute and sell

He was trying to point out that you're under no obligation to e.g. give
it to anyone who asks, or indeed to anyone who hasn't paid. You just
can't sell the binaries without the source, and can't stop the people
you sell it to from undercutting you by, say, giving it away for
nothing.

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