1920119 wrote > > On 21 December 2011 18:22, Harold Fuchs <hwfa.gmanenews@> wrote: >> One possibility is that the seller provides [multi-seat] installation >> and/or >> training for the price it charges for the software. The seller might also >> offer some amount of support for the price with, perhaps, more support >> for >> more money. > > There is also some money in adapting and improving Free software for > the needs of particular users (e.g. businesses), if they don't object > to the fact that the modifications they commission are GPLed and help > other users for free. It can still be cheaper (and/or preferable in > other ways) for the user than a proprietary or bespoke system. >
I agree with both. But that is selling a service (installation, training, support, adaptation) which is obviously a valid activity. It is not the same as charging for the software itself. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/A-marketing-lesson-tp3602574p3606624.html Sent from the Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
