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Ben Klein shacklein at gmail.com
Sun Feb 8 19:46:52 CST 2009


2009/2/9 Remco <remco47 at gmail.com>:
> On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Hin-Tak Leung <hintak_leung at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> That's right - GPL allows you to charge for binaries, and any amount for that matter. GPL just means who ever received the binaries are also entitled to the source code, and *also* the right to sell both onward - and possibly as a competitor to you - so you cannot charge 'unreasonable' amounts.
>>

A few people have cleared this up. A misunderstanding of the terms on my part.

> Exactly. I find this whole thread a bit weird. Isn't it great that
> (commercial) Linux distributions are shipping Wine? Those exaggerated
> claims of compatibility are just marketing talk. I've seen worse.

Marketing? More like outright lies. If only they were based in
Australia, where I know for a fact we have truth in advertising laws.
I have no idea about other countries :)

> Remco



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