Really?
If that's the case, I am confused by this following clause of the GPL:
Quote:
2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion
of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and
distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1
above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:
... (snip) ...
b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in
whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any
part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third
parties under the terms of this License. |
In my interpretation (of course, I am only a programmer and not a lawyer) this means that a person cannot charge for a program that was derived from another piece of software that they obtained for free (and has been released under the GPL). I, however, am quite freely willing to admit that I could be wrong.
Maybe you can help clear things up a bit.