On 25 December 2011 05:33, Staretz <star...@embarqmail.com> wrote:
> How does this protect the integrity of a product like LibreOffice?

I wasn't suggesting anyone do it, just objecting to the suggestion that
there isn't "any situation or place where (in the current world) it would
make sense to make a business out of selling freely available
software...".
Anyway, the discussion is off-topic so I'm going to stop posting now.

>>
>> In the case of modifications, there is a effectively charge for the
>> opportunity to have the software plus the modification.
>>
>> It's just that the charge pays for creating it the modification in the
>> first place rather than for allowing the user to have a copy of
>> something that existed anyway.

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