Timeline for Is it legal to repackage GPL software and sell it on Microsoft Store, like GIMP?
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| Mar 27, 2021 at 9:59 | comment | added | Brian Drake | This does not change the fact that you can buy one copy of any free software product and then sell copies of it for a lower price. I do not see the connection between this and your later comment about using free code in a nonfree product. | |
| Mar 27, 2021 at 9:50 | comment | added | Bart van Ingen Schenau | With permissive licenses, you can use the open source code in an closed source product without giving the right to distribute it further. With the GPL that isn't possible. | |
| Mar 27, 2021 at 9:40 | comment | added | Brian Drake | “The GPL license is often seen as unfriendly to commercial use, because I can buy one copy of a GPL application from you and then re-sell copies of it for a lower price.” How is this different to other free software licences? | |
| Mar 20, 2021 at 11:47 | history | answered | Bart van Ingen Schenau | CC BY-SA 4.0 |