&gt; Plus it seems extra presumptuous to claim some kind of inherent right to profit off derivative works of <i>my</i> software. You can only distribute derivative works of it at all because I&#x27;ve granted you a license.<p>Sure, but one&#x27;s choice of the GPL has signalled that one wishes that others be permitted the freedom to build upon the work and do as they wish [0] with their additions -as well as the original work- just so long as they -upon request- distribute the original and their additions to folks who have received the binaries.<p>[0] This <i>includes</i> charging for access to compiled versions of the software, access to support and documentation, etc. etc. etc. [1]<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gnu.org&#x2F;philosophy&#x2F;selling.en.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gnu.org&#x2F;philosophy&#x2F;selling.en.html</a>