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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th April 2009, 05:13 PM
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Posted By xiaophil
Re: Can you sell open source software?

Hi Jack,

Maybe he means the rights to the code may not be sold.


Phil
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th April 2009, 12:36 PM
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Posted By xiaophil
Re: Can you sell open source software?

Hi Allen,

I'm good too thanks.

Point taken about the tone. I remember Telix too. Post adjusted with apologies. I was forgetting myself.

The dig about being a spinner or robot was friendly, I...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th April 2009, 10:00 AM
Replies: 39
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Posted By xiaophil
Re: Can you sell open source software?

What are you talking about, the GPL?



Wrong. You can sell it for as much as you like.



Only if you distribute it.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th April 2009, 06:14 AM
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Posted By xiaophil
Re: Can you sell open source software?

Not necessarily.

If your own code is not linked (in the software engineering sense) to the GPL'd code then identifying a "derivative work" is not so clear cut.

And with interpreted languages...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th April 2009, 02:22 AM
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Posted By xiaophil
Re: Can you sell open source software?

The words "Open Source" are just a generic term and not a specific license model but let's for example consider the GPL.

IANAL but here is my take:

You are free to charge whatever you wish for...
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