Re: GNU licenses

[Alexander Terekhov]

Richard Tobin wrote:
> 
> In article <44FF3779.C9F8F90@web.de>,
> Alexander Terekhov  <terekhov@web.de> wrote:
> 
> >   buyer's cost to obtain = 0 (per GPL "no charge" provision)
> >
> >   seller's cost to create = programmer's salary, energy, etc.
> >
> >So where is a profit, dak?

Profit = buyer's cost to obtain - seller's cost to create

> 
> There seems to be a substantial profit for the "buyer" here: they get
> a program for nothing.

I was talking about a profit for seller (creator of GPL derivative
work), not commercial value of seller's created derivative work for 
buyer minus buyer's cost to obtain.

regards,
alexander.