Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Myron Gochnauer
<goch@u...> wrote:
> This is what Roy's site says:
> 

> The problem with Roy's description of fees is that there are *three*  
> distinct parts:
> 
>     1) Print engine (free under the GNU license)
> 

Yes, but does "free" necessarily mean there must be no charge to a 3rd
party (such as us) to obtain something like Roy's modified, QTR
version  of the GNU print engine? As far as I can tell, it appears
that the GNU license allows that any software that incorporates the
"free" GNU code to be distributed even if there's a _fee_ charged by
the author (e.g., Roy, in this case). So clearly (or unclearly) Roy is
seems to be entitled to charge a fee for even the print-only part of
QTR that's based on the Gimp.

Here, in part, is what's stated in the GNU license:
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"When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
price.  Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you
have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for
this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it
if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it
in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.