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On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:06:26 -0500, Warp wrote:
> The implication was that if I had claimed that I'm making free
> software,
> they could have answered my questions for free. That feels a bit biased,
> and thus wrong.
They have no way of knowing if your true intention is to look for a way
to circumvent the terms of the license; if they give you advice that then
could be used to circumvent those terms *for free*, then you can claim
you asked them.
If they ask for payment, though, that becomes a filter for those who are
just looking for ways around the terms of the license.
Note that I'm absolutely not saying that it is your intention to
circumvent the license; but they don't have the luxury of assuming
anything. There are plenty of people out there looking to tear down the
GPL in all its forms, and if the *help* someone do that, then they've
kinda defeated their own purpose.
Jim
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