GPL Sued For "Software Price Fixing"

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 00:06, Alma J Wetzker wrote:
> Bill Campbell wrote:
> > On Mon, May 02, 2005, Collins Richey wrote:
> > 
> >>http://linuxbusinessnews.sys-con.com/read/80782.htm
> >>
> >>Wonder if this guy's on the M$ payroll, too?
> > 
> > 
> > Are you sure it wasn't posted on April 1st?
> 
> It is correct.  Groklaw has a link to the PDF of the complaint.  It is a 
> hoot.  If you can figure out what he is trying to say, let us know.

I think he means that as a person who makes commercial software (you pay
for it), he cannot compete with FOSS. FOSS is too cheap. How does the
FOSS software stay at this cheap (free) price? Someone has set it that
way. He points the finger at OSF and the GNU license all like to use.

It is an odd idea that making something open is price fixing. I think
that you could charge for your product that includes changes done to GPL
code, as long as you make the source available.

Will doctors now complain against free clinics? Or professionals against
volunteers in any field? 

> 
>      -- Alma
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