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Paragraph 2 of the Preamble
From the very link you posted-

"When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things."

Technically, they're not charging for the software, and I apologize for the misunderstanding of my previous post. They're charging to distribute the software.
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Why?  zijiang | 06/09/04
something the others dont' offer...  ryusen | 06/09/04
Not only free distros...  Tim Patterson | 06/10/04
Choice is good.  LazLong | 06/11/04
too late... pointless...  +-Chris-+ | 06/09/04
Xandros gives away desktop Linux  Loverock Davidson | 06/10/04
Do you ever...  Tim Patterson | 06/10/04
Yes  Loverock Davidson | 06/10/04
The more the merrier...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/04
What? No extra underscore this time?  Linux_Developer | 06/11/04
And why would I buy this?  Protector | 06/10/04
Isn't it already free?  voska | 06/10/04
Duh...  nikoli | 06/10/04
How would Suse stop you?  voska | 06/10/04
e mail support  danny3d@... | 06/10/04
Read before you post.  bhanes@... | 06/10/04
I still don't understands how they get away with it  JJ_z | 06/10/04
GPL  PA-ITGuy | 06/10/04
Odd, that's not what the GPL says  JJ_z | 06/10/04
Technically  Tim Patterson | 06/10/04
Paragraph 2 of the Preamble  PA-ITGuy | 06/10/04
One other difference  Michael Kelly | 06/10/04
Then can someone explain...  JJ_z | 06/11/04
Both Xandros and Red Hat DO offer free downloads!  George Mitchell | 06/10/04
Question for the Linux folks here...  Confused by religion | 06/10/04
Some suggestions ...  George Mitchell | 06/10/04
Thanks for the information...  Confused by religion | 06/10/04
Microsoft Arrogance  ptisdel | 06/12/04
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