GPL Licensing

[Les Mikesell]

Alan Cox wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 02:03:53PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
>> I do think that if there is a penalty involved for redistributing copies 
>> of GPL'd code, binary or not, it conflicts with the 'no additional 
>> restrictions' clause of the GPL.  If they apply this restriction only to 
>> the non-GPL components, that would be different, but I don't know if 
>> that is the case.
> 
> To start at the beginning of your confusion - it isn't a penalty. I'm entitled
> not to distribute anything to you. I'm entitled to exclude aol.com from my
> download site.
> 
> So its an additional service with conditions.

Yes, conditions that are an additional restriction of what I can do with 
a GPL-covered work.

> That is quite different. Your
> GPL rights are the same before or after.

No they aren't if I lose something I've paid for.

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   Les Mikesell
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