[Gllug] GPL & Licence Fees

[Adrian McMenamin]

On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 20:19 +0000, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> John Winters wrote:
> > 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 and I say it'll cost you £1000. 
> > You counter that you haven't got £1000 so I offer it to you for five
> > annual payments of £200.
> 
> It depends in what way you sell it to them, no?  If you send them a copy 
> of the software, you are distributing it, are you not?  Therefore under 
> the terms of the GPL, you must make the source available on request, no?
> 
> In this circumstance, I would assume the terms of the first licence the 
> software was put under, the GPL and not yours, would apply.
> 
> 
The GPL doesn't mandate the basis on which you pay for a purchase. You
agreed to purchase the program for £1000, albeit paid in five
instalments. You have to pay.
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