On May 1, 9:25 am, "Trevis Rothwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/30/07, Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Trevis Rothwell wrote: > > [...] > > > Selling the software itself is certainly one option, and some people > > > may even pay money for a copy of your software even if it's free. > > > Wow, what a great business plan! > > Probably not. I didn't claim it was. I did claim, as you quoted, > that "some people may even pay money for a copy of your software even > if it's free", and I stand by that claim. The fact that most people > won't is why anyone interested in profiting via writing free software > should explore other options.
Such as making it non-"free" instead. However, I also do not believe that one needs to make a Microsoft-style extraordinarily restrictive license though to make any sort of reasonable profit. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
