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Re: License Intent
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Date: 
Fri, 4 Jun 2004 15:09:48 GMT
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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 buy a book with ldraw parts library on it, I get
the same licence as if I download it from the net including the right to
redistribute)



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  Re: License Intent
 
(...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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