Re: [SLUG] SuSE 9 good to distribute

From: Ben Ostrowsky (ostrowb@tblc.org)
Date: Fri Nov 07 2003 - 09:21:58 EST


> Yes, you can. If there is any money transaction involved, then the GPL
> has been violated, and you've done something illegal.

SuSE's license perhaps, but the GPL says "You may charge a fee for the
physical act of transferring a copy". (GPL 2, part 1, paragraph 2)

>As long as the disks are for free, you're okay.

Well, that's good. I'll forward this to a friend who runs linuxiso.org.

Ben

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