would someone kindly clarify this paragaph,please (RH business model)

John P. Mitchell john at cepros.com
Mon Oct 27 22:16:42 UTC 2003


On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:55:35 +0100
  Michael Schwendt <ms-nospam-0306 at arcor.de> wrote:
>On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:35:01 +0100, Martin Stricker wrote:
>
>> As far as I understand the GPL, you may charge for the software. The GPL
>> is about source code, not money. 
>
>> You may even deny the redistribution of
>> your *binaries* (like RHEL does).
>
>They cannot and do not do that with the GNU GPL'ed (or similarly
>"free") portions of their products:
>http://www.redhat.com/licenses/rhel_us_3.html (Appendix 1 section 1)
>
>-- 

    This is my understanding as well, and has been confirmed through a call to Red Hat.

Regards,
    John P. Mitchell <john at cepros.com>
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