| GNU zealouts (and I consider myself one) need to take a deep breath and re-think what is being said. It *IS* accurate to say that the program and source must be free to use for all purposes the recipient wants including commercial. This was an involved conversation that was had during the 90's and yes, "no commercial reuse allowed" licenses are not -in fact- free licenses. I might be wrong but I have the impression they are not allowed on debian cds/dvds for that reason. > If I use a piece of software that has been obtained under the GNU GPL, am I allowed to modify the original code into a new program, then distribute and sell that new program commercially? (#GPLCommercially) > You are allowed to sell copies of the modified program commercially, but only under the terms of the GNU GPL. Thus, for instance, you must make the source code available to the users of the program as described in the GPL, and they must be allowed to redistribute and modify it as described in the GPL. > These requirements are the condition for including the GPL-covered code you received in a program of your own. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#GPLCommercially |