Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 16:25:42 +0300 (IDT)
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On Tue, 30 May 2000, Daniel Sandmeier wrote:

> I think you can't speak of a comercial purpose, if distributors like RedHat or
> SuSE sell their CDs with a thick book for not more than 100$ (79DM its here in
> Germany).

Any product that is sold for money is ``commercial''.  In particular, the 
GNU project itself sells CDROMs with GNU software as a means of raising 
money for continuing development of GNU software.

That is why GPL, the GNU license, requires that GPLed software could be 
redistributed even for profit.