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GPL does not restrict you from selling the software, though you can't stop getting distributed by someone who bought it. Even RMS himself sold Emacs back in the day.
EDIT: I'm not saying it's justified in moral sense, I think it sucks ass. But it's not against the licence.
Oh god, we know.
Practically speaking though, if anyone can redistribute it for free then it's available for free.
You don't seem to understand the difference between free as in freedom and free as in beer that is literally the cornerstone of the free software community.