Did you know that you can not sell the software under a GPL- licensed?

My last article in ...

The article is devoted to issues of piracy, not the specifics of licensing - when it was read in full, it becomes clear.

And in this paper (for the moment it is not publicly available, few have read only in paper form) a huge number of questions and just cries and complaints Computerra, called this one a piece from the section on recommendations:.

Ask questions to suppliers, if it's a box - write and ask them to be incorporated in the product components, which may require a license ( by the way, the license must be on all products, even on open source, in the form of files or manifests). If it's free products, check that they are not under GPL- license - otherwise it violates the provider, as a commercial product.

In general, it is better to read the article, as the context ( especially examples), yet important for understanding. But, pull a phrase out of context it sounds really controversial, primarily because of differences in understanding of terms.

No soft paper. ?.

The very first alarmed Linux users: how is it that you can not sell out. Linux, which is released under GPL. ? . Novell. ,. ASPLinux. and m. Dr.. violate the GPL, selling their products with the included Linux?.

Fuss broke because of the interpretation of the. GPL. - license (the whole flame, yet utihshy, you can read here:. http://linuxforum. ru / index. php? showtopic = 29547. ).

License GPL:.
http://www. gnu. org / licenses / gpl. html.

In Russian exemplary good [ non- ] translation.
http://www. infolex. narod. ru / gpl_gnu / gplrus. html.

item. disclosure. ) Speaks of the ... GPL. - If you have included in their program. GPL. code ( source code), or even just use a ready-made. GPL. application at home, then your program should also be under. GPL. - m. e. to open its code and can not sell the license for its use. Method of use, which leads to ... GPL. -dependence, ... However, for MySQL, referred to in the article, it is defined license MySQL - if briefly, if for personal use or GPL- software, use the GPL- license for MySQL, otherwise - buy a business:.

http://www. mysql. com / company / legal / licensing / commercial-license. html.

A point.

So, the main question posed in the post title - ...

Words, words, words.

Actually, from my point of view, the essence of the dispute lies in the fact that I was in the article (and the title of this post ) is uniquely consider the term ... Linux users considered ...

Moreover, many seem to confuse the concept of ...

Implicitly, when they say ... SuSe. ... CD. ,. DVD. ,. etc. ) With the distribution. SuSe. ...

Then, when they say ...

The question is whether to include ...

As I stated was true, it was necessary to identify accurately the ...

Otherwise, if by ' software ' to understand, including ... :).

Donkey and Ensign.

Of particular interest is the question of whether the pirates. Novell. and other. . Despite the obviousness of the answer is ... Microsoft. ,. Borland. and m. Dr.. (that is proprietary ) and selling. Linux. and other. OSS. software.

Buying a media kit that contains the software for. GPL. You pay only for the physical component: the media, printing, box, etc. Dr.. And, of course, you can use it as many times (t. e. legally install Linux from that hard drive on the N servers).

Buying a license for proprietary software, you can never get any media, and even the electronic distribution (eg, ... Delphi. you only get the paper, confirming your right to use the software). License - a right to use proprietary software, and it has nothing to do with the physical media ( they do not have sacred value and do not license each unit produced from them ).

That is ... Charge for carriers / support, or for a license to use - things are completely different.

With regard to my interpretation.

In general, whether someone comments on the application of GPL? . 1 words.

The 'Program', below, refers to any such program or work, and a 'work based on the Program' means either the Program or any derivative work under copyright law: that is to say, a work containing the Program or a portion of .

whether it is strong? .

If you omit the obvious cases, when incorporated into the program icon under the GPL and the entire program was under the GPL ( as warned lawyers), the question arises - how to determine the degree of connectedness of GPL- module and your application. For example, a database server under the GPL, and the client does not? .

If based on a precedent MySQL, all programs for GPL- licensed databases must be under the GPL ( and if not, the breaks License GPL)?.

Of course, the question may moot when the license for the most that on is proprietary software tyryat hurl quite consciously, but we have to do something? .