Selling Artistic License Software (WAS: Re: non-DFSG section and CD distributers)
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Dale Scheetz, in an immanent manifestation of deity, wrote:
>that they desire for that change. I would argue that our definitions are
>not strict enough. We provide the "Artistic License" as an example of a
>"Free" license, while it clearly restricts distribution "for sale". I have
>argued in the past, and will continue to argue, that software isn't free
>if you can't sell it.
The Artistic License only says that you can't sell JUST the software
under the License. It specifically says that you can aggregate it with
other software and if *that* software is eligible to be sold and charge
any price you please for it. You just can't say that you own or wrote
the package under the License. You can also charge anything you want
for support for your (possibly) changed version of the Licensed product.
What a lot of this means is that you can bundle it with other software
without that software being contaminated. You can produce other
software with it without that software being contaminated. You just
can't sell software under the Artistic License by itself.
Darren
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