Some views on theideas of selling exceptions to free software licenses, such as the GNUGPL are also available. Many people believe that the spirit of the GNU Project is that youshould not charge money for distributing copies of software, or thatyou should charge as little as possible—just enough to coverthe cost. This is a misunderstanding. Actually, we encourage people who redistributefree software to charge as muchas they wish or can. If a license does not permit users to makecopies and sell them, it is…