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[Request] Sickbeard + Couchpotato + Python (Sparc)
Hi Everyone, I don't normally ask for anything on these forums, and have quietly enjoyed the community. With the recent changes to Usenet and losing of some websites. I am now looking at finally co...
Your impression is wrong. Python.org for instance says "Python is free to use, even for commercial products..." Sickbeard itself includes other freeware packages, including python, in its installer.
iceblister wrote: I was under the impression you couldn't alter a distro and sell it when a title is protected under GPL.
Most GPL licenses allow someone to incorporate the freeware package into a larger package, and many allow commercial use (that is sale) of the larger package.
That is what is happening here. The add-on developer is integrating the freeware into a larger package, which includes the installation, etc. He is testing and distributing this larger package, and under many GPL licenses it is perfectly ok if he charges for that.
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