Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 09:54:52 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, rdls@jezebel.demon.co.uk, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Your misconceptions about the GPL Message-ID: <19991124095452.D96800@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911232046480.58822-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org on Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 08:49:18PM %2B0000 References: <4.2.0.58.19991123130316.04607100@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911232046480.58822-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 08:49:18PM +0000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Brett Glass wrote:
>
> >What's more, if that person makes money from a derived work, his profit
> >(if any; most software companies don't ever make money) will likewise
> >stem only from HIS improvements -- because the base functionality is
> >already available for free.
>
> Correct me if i'm wrong, but you are referring here to the BSD license,
> correct? Then what can the original author charge for? How is the basic
> functionality 'free' if it is sold commercially?
Since the original author has released it under the BSD license,
he/she has opted to give the code to the community. It's Free.
However anyone, including the author, can decide to charge an
uninformed person for the software.
Jonathan Chen
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