Thread: Confirmed/CAUTION: N900 Ovi Apps require Corporation + $1M USD Corporate General Liability Insurace
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2009-11-20 , 14:07
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Originally Posted by jaark View Post
You might get some stick from those who do't understand the GPL. The GPL allows exactly that, but it almost never happens ...

You must publish the source for the 'productised' version to those who bought it and it must be licensed under the GPL - you can't stop them buying it then publishing it on extras for free.
I guess it depends on how you define "rare". For example there are multiple distributions of Linux that you can pay money for - this is typically for a nice boxed version and support but you're paying for it anyway.

Another example is Code Weavers that sells productised versions of WINE http://www.codeweavers.com/

Commercial activity generally springs up around narrow requirements. Broad requirements will usually be met by the community for free but the more narrow the thing you want is the more likely it is you'll have to part with cash to get it.

"Make this work on an N900" is an example of a narrow requirement.
 

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