OS6 now works on x86 Legacy WARNING: NO NTGR SUPPORT!

MattyShack wrote:
Genie Apps don't always seem to install properly and some should be free due to opensource code.

From what i've read through this thread, the Genie App store doesn't work at all on legacy systems and you shouldn't even try to enable it. It seems the only way to install the Genie apps is with apt-get through an SSH session.

As for the Open Source apps being free; open source does not mean you cannot charge for the binary versions of the applications.

Open Source is free as in speech, not free as in beer. The GPL (which I'll focus on here, but other OSS licenses vary) allow you to charge for the work you do to compile/package the open source code. The only requirement is that the code used to produce those binaries (be it original or modified by you) be provided to anyone who has obtained the binary version[1] should they request it.

This is why some apps in the Genie store might be charged, even though they are based upon Open Source code bases.

Hope that makes the situation clear :)

[1] - It's a common misconception that you have to supply the source code (including your modifications) to EVERYONE, even if you only ever sell binaries/packages to customers.

The GPL (an others, but not all) requires you to provide the (potentially modified) source code to people who have legitimately paid for the binary versions - not everyone that asks.

So, unless you've paid for the binary version, then you have no right to any modified code; regardless of whether the original project was
GPL. You can also charge for the dissemination (at cost) of providing that source code, if you wish.