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<blockquote data-quote="Callifo" data-source="post: 27339" data-attributes="member: 10544">Spachti: The GPL does allow selling of the software for the cost of distribution so Im as far as that goes he's legally not doing anything wrong. Morally is another story. If people were pushing the limits on whats an acceptable 'buck' to make then we wouldnt have such a problem. Whether you make a good profit and donate almost all of it to the team or make only a small profit and keep it for youself is up to you. If you say charged $10 for it all (afterall, putting the URL in there would stop the majority of people buying it because they do not realise its available elsewhere. $10 would cover, cd + case, and postage + petrol I suppose), that would be at least half profit which you could keep for yourself for the small amount of effort. But charging something like $25, would be over the top and I would see the majority of it as a donation.Worst Ive seen is someone selling copies and making over $150 in profit from a few sales which is definately wrong in my mind. It just erks me that not one of the sellers will place the MP link in there for people to examine beforehand, which shows an obvious intention to profit.Ive heard it mentioned before that ebay requires you to claim the software as yours which might produce a problem on your end if you dont. Cant hurt to try though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Callifo, post: 27339, member: 10544"] Spachti: The GPL does allow selling of the software for the cost of distribution so Im as far as that goes he's legally not doing anything wrong. Morally is another story. If people were pushing the limits on whats an acceptable 'buck' to make then we wouldnt have such a problem. Whether you make a good profit and donate almost all of it to the team or make only a small profit and keep it for youself is up to you. If you say charged $10 for it all (afterall, putting the URL in there would stop the majority of people buying it because they do not realise its available elsewhere. $10 would cover, cd + case, and postage + petrol I suppose), that would be at least half profit which you could keep for yourself for the small amount of effort. But charging something like $25, would be over the top and I would see the majority of it as a donation. Worst Ive seen is someone selling copies and making over $150 in profit from a few sales which is definately wrong in my mind. It just erks me that not one of the sellers will place the MP link in there for people to examine beforehand, which shows an obvious intention to profit. Ive heard it mentioned before that ebay requires you to claim the software as yours which might produce a problem on your end if you dont. Cant hurt to try though. [/QUOTE]

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