[NTLUG:Discuss] Free -vs- GPL - dansguardian.org

[Richard Geoffrion]

Reference links:
http://dansguardian.org/?page=copyright2
http://dansguardian.org/?page=buying

DansGuardian 2 is:

free for non-commercial use
not free for installation by 3rd parties charging for installation or
support
not free for commercial use
licensed under the GPL
copyright Daniel Barron
is a registered trade mark of Daniel Barron

Definitions
Non-Commercial Use: Includes home users, installation and use by educational
establishment employees, and other non-profit making organisations such as
charities, social clubs, etc.

Commercial Use: Use (running, selling, installing for a charge, installing
as part of a service, developing further and selling, using as part of a
product) by any commercial or non-commercial organisation. Commercial use
specifically excludes use (running and installing) by educational
establishments and others listed under non-commercial use. Commercial use
specifically excludes the act of selling DansGuardian 2 as part of an
unix-like OS distribution by companies such as RedHat or Mandrake or their
resellers


Snipet #1 ...Commercial use specifically excludes the act of selling
DansGuardian 2 as part of an unix-like OS distribution by companies such as
RedHat or Mandrake or their resellers.....

Snipet #2 ...Once you have a copy of a GPL app, no one can put any (non-GPL)
restrictions on it - not even me the author. I can ask people to pay for
downloading DG, but once its left this site it is under the GPL which means
it is free (as in freedom) and free (as in beer - provided they want to give
it away for free).

Snipet #3 ...GPL means GPL which means no restrictions can be imposed on
redistribution so the Debian would treat it as any other GPL app. Of course,
should a commercial user want to upgrade his copy of DG he got with Debian
by downloading from my site, he would have to pay unless he waited for
Debian to release their version.


Snipet #4 ...DansGuardian Download License for solution providers (unlimited
users, servers and sites) - $490 US


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Question 1.  How does one resolve  the statement in snipet #1 with the
comment about Debian redistributing Dansguardian? Doesn't snipet #1 preclude
the inclusion of distributing DG in a unix-like distro?

Question 2.  How would a 'commercial' user use the product from their Debian
distro without paying a license?  And why is it all of a sudden ok to use
it....as long as they wait for Debian to update the package?  I thought it
wasn't free for commercial use?

Question 3:  If I want to build my own Linux server distro...for
installations on servers I build and sell to my customers.. what kind of
licence if ANY do I need?  I read that a "solutions provider" license
exists....but I yet..I don't seem to have the right to load it.

I have to say...this license is confusing.

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Richard