Re: Virtually Zero-Overhead Object Management is neither free software nor open source software

[Chris Thomasson]

"Anthony Williams" <anthony_w.geo@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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> J de Boyne Pollard <j.deboynepollard@tesco.net> writes:
>
> > CT> Can I download Hoard, make some changes, post the source
> > CT> code free of charge, ...
> >
> > AW> Yes, because it's licensed under the GPL.
> >
> > CT> ... and charge a fee for a commercial product that uses a
> > CT> function offered by the compiled binary of the modified
> > CT> source code?
> >
> > AW> Not under the GPL license.
> >
> > Incorrect.  [...]
>
> My assumption was that when Chris said "charge a fee for a commerical 
> product"
> he meant a CLOSED SOURCE product, or at least one that wasn't itself GPL.

I was thinking of charging a fee for a commercial product and posting 
full-source code of all the modified GPL code it uses for free. Some people 
are not going to want to deal with the source code; they can choose to pay a 
fee instead. What they would get from the fee could include the compiled 
binaries, links to the source code, manual, consulting options, ect...