Comment Re:The GPL allows them to charge the $4, as I read (Score 1) 371
The FSF is controlled by a certain person known as RMS, who has certain extremistic views on free software. Any and all closed-source software is evil and must not be touched. Fine. He is entitled to HIS opinion, I'm entitled to mine.
What HE wants to "clarify" about the GPL does not concern me. I have the licence and I get to interpret it (within legal limits) as the text allows. We KNOW that RMS wants to "tighten" the GPL to make it more contagious etc etc. RMS would like it very much that when microsoft the company ran any GPL application on any of their computers, they could be forced to open up their software. That's what he really wants. It's not legally feasable to try this right now, but that would be the end goal for him.
When I write code, it gets licenced under GPL V2. No "or any later version". What if RMS suddenly wants to make GPL V4 say: "An author who has released an application under GPL, is required to put all sourcecode he writes on the internet."
I will provide sourcecode to anbody who has (bought) the binary.