well I thought that was right. just had someone that doesn't know what they are talking about On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 09:35:45AM -0500, info wrote: > > I guess I didn't explain myself clear....... > > Is the use of this software for commercial purposes legal? > > Example: using it to advertise a small business with web pages > > email, domain, > > Oh my yes. In fact, the majority of the web runs on open source software. > > Software licensed under the GPL, one of the most common Free Software > licenses, in fact _must not_ be limited in use -- someone making GPL'd > software _can't_ say that it can't be used commercially. > > As an end user, you really don't need to worry about the license much at > all. It's only when you start modifying and redistributing (in source or > binary form) that you need to pay attention. > > -- > Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> > Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
