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On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Thomas Garrison wrote:
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> > I would observe that Linux and the GNU Project seem to have done fine,
> > despite frequent commercial redistribution for a charge (by Red Hat,
> > Mandrake, etc.).
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> My understanding about that was that the charge was a media charge, not a charge
> for the library or work itself. In particular I thought a lot of the revenue
> that Red Hat receives is for support.
1) That is Red Hat's business model, but not always or exclusively. For
example, Red Hat used to make a product named MetroX (I can't remember if
it replaces XFree86 or a window manager), and buying a Red Hat CD gave you
the right to install it on one machine.
2) Tim's statement was "Prevent commercial redistribution of the library
for a charge". That doesn't say anything about media charges vs.
convenience charges or anything else. Any, e.g., publisher who included
the LDraw library on a disc in a book and *didn't* let any passerby take
that disc without buying the book would violate that idea.
TWS Garrison
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| I think that we shouldnt say "you cant distribute the library and charge for it" but instead do what e.g. GPL does and allow selling it but with the licence (which includes the right to freely redistribute the covered works) applying to it (so if I (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| (...) My understanding about that was that the charge was a media charge, not a charge for the library or work itself. In particular I thought a lot of the revenue that Red Hat receives is for support. Personally I could see some far fetched (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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