Date:	Tue, 27 May 1997 12:25:54 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id:	<199705271625.MAA16003@delorie.com>
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To:	quacci AT vera DOT com
CC:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to:	<338a37c1.11835321@news.cis.yale.edu> (quacci@vera.com)
Subject:	Re: DJGPP included in a C++ book on CD-ROM

> I was looking through the usual 60 or so C++ books at a local Barnes
> and Ignoble bookstore today, and noticed that one tutorial book
> provided DJGPP on CD-ROM- can't remember the name, something silly,
> the usual "C++ for dummies" sort of book, but slightly more
> hacker-ish.

One that I know of is "Teach yourself C++", fourth edition, by Al
Stevens.  It had a floppy, though.

> One thing struck me- the book was one of those that would have been
> $25 if not for the usual CD-ROM in the back... instead, it was $40 or
> so. Begs the interesting question, was that *really* a "free" DJGPP,
> or not?! 

I think $15 is a little high, but consider the effort required to put
together the CD, either put on or for three years send out sources,
press the CDs themselves, put them in the book, provide phone support
(maybe), etc.  It's not bad.

The GPL doesn't stop you from charging whatever you want for GNU
software, including DJGPP.  The only catch is that once you sell the
binaries (at whatever price), the *sources* can't be sold above
distribution costs.  If you want to sell DJGPP on CD-ROM for $10,000
(and can convince people to buy it), go right ahead!  You just have to
comply with the GPL once you've sold it.

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