Not only is there no problem with that, but you CAN charge for it, with or
without modifications. Read the GPL. You have the right to do anything you
like with the software, but if you are going to distribute it you must also
make the source code available.
This is the central theme of the free software movement. After 20 years of
propaganda saying that copying software is wrong, people have a hard time
believing it or worry that some corporation like Red Hat might take legal
action. But Red Hat didn't write 99% of the code they are selling either.
On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Eric Z. Ayers wrote:
> I don't think there would be any problem with it - this is all that
> Linux Mandrake is. Red Hat doesn't get a dime for it.
>
> Chris Fowler writes:
> > I want to distribute RH6.1 with our Products. Can I do that if I do not
> > charge for it. I'm referring to the ISO image that is freely available at
> > ftp.linuxberg.com.
> > Can I make changes to it to conserve space?
> >
> > thanks,
> > Chris
> >
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