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Sorry, you're just misinformed about this: http://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html



Seemingly most relevant bit:

"Since “free” refers to freedom, not to price, there is no contradiction between selling copies and free software. In fact, the freedom to sell copies is crucial: collections of free software sold on CD-ROMs are important for the community, and selling them is an important way to raise funds for free software development. Therefore, a program which people are not free to include on these collections is not free software."




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