Ernst Noch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Mike Meyer wrote: >> In my case, I get paid for building custom applications. If I use >> GPL'ed software, I'm required to give my client the software under the >> GPL (or, as you point out, a GPL-compatible license). I never bother - >> I hand them a tarball and installation instructions and they install >> it on their systems, or I install the stuff on their systems for them, >> and it never goes anywhere else. I believe that's in compliance with >> the GPL, because they get all the rights that the GPL wants them to >> have. > Yeah, and you are in absolute compliance with what the FSF intends the > GPL to be: > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html
For the record, I'm not selling them software. I'm selling them my time. I'll use whatever software will help solve the problem, and have been known to bundle commercial applications. I prefer open source because having the source makes it easier to bend to my uses. I prefer BSD-like licenses to the GPL because that places fewer restrictions on what I can do with the resulting product. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
