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<blockquote data-quote="pieroxy" data-source="post: 26992" data-attributes="member: 16487">Well, many replies I wanted to make over here. So here they go:jazZman, you said &quot;In saying that, I believe that the intent of this part of the GPL (from reading the entire document) was to allow developers to fund their projects and not for profiteers to unscrupulously make a buck off the hard work of others.&quot; This clearly shows that you don't know much about the FSF and/or RMS himself. He is A LOT MORE concerned by the software remaining in the public domain than by the developers putting their kids to school. The GPL is all about the software it protects, not at all the man who made it.mzemina Well, in the context and giving that MP is a GPL software, I'd just say the the FREE used in the homepage referes to freedom, not to price. There is nothing confusing here. I actually encourage you to read the GPL so we all know what we are talking about here. It's only a 10 minutes read, no need to fear the jump.spachti: &quot;could it be, that somebody is trying to sell the program now 'legally' ??&quot; I think this is exactly the idea.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pieroxy, post: 26992, member: 16487"] Well, many replies I wanted to make over here. So here they go: [b]jazZman[/b], you said "[i]In saying that, I believe that the intent of this part of the GPL (from reading the entire document) was to allow developers to fund their projects and not for profiteers to unscrupulously make a buck off the hard work of others.[/i]" This clearly shows that you don't know much about the FSF and/or RMS himself. He is A LOT MORE concerned by the software remaining in the public domain than by the developers putting their kids to school. The GPL is all about the software it protects, not at all the man who made it. [b]mzemina[/b] Well, in the context and giving that MP is a GPL software, I'd just say the the FREE used in the homepage referes to freedom, not to price. There is nothing confusing here. I actually encourage you to read the GPL so we all know what we are talking about here. It's only a 10 minutes read, no need to fear the jump. [b]spachti[/b]: "[i]could it be, that somebody is trying to sell the program now 'legally' ??[/i]" I think this is exactly the idea. [/QUOTE]

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