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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