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From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi AT inspirepharm DOT com>
To: "Cygwin AT Sourceware DOT Cygnus DOT Com" <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject: FW: your software site
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 15:06:22 -0400
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This is a bit off topic, but has been discussed here.
I was under the impression GPL'ed software cannot be soft for
profit.  Therefore, on my web sites siddiqi.webjump.com and
geocities.com, i posted notes the binaries were covered under GPL
therefore cannot be sold for profit.

I received the following message from FSF requesting to delete the
licensing note because it was misleading.  According to the
following
message, "one cannot charge a usage fee for GPL software."?

Suhaib

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Incoming FSF orders for 59 Temple Place
> [mailto:fsforder AT gnu DOT org]
> Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 2:32 PM
> To: ssiddiqi AT inspirepharm DOT com
> Subject: your software site
>
>
> Greetings from the Free Software Foundation!
>
> We received a comment about your site at
> siddiqi.webjump.com, and took a
> look.  It is very impressive, it looks like you have been
> very busy!
> However, you should probably change the wording at the
> top of the site.
> Software licensed under the GNU GPL or the XFree86
> license _can_ be
> sold and used commercially - anyone can use it and sell
> it as long as they
> do so under the terms of the licence.  For instance, Red
> Hat sells copies
> of GNU/Linux systems on CD-ROM.  What is forbidden is
> only charging usage
> fees.
>
> So, I think the words at the top on your page are
> misleading at best.
> Would you mind changing or deleting them?
>
>                                    Brian Youmans
>                                    FSF Office Staff
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