[Trisquel-users] Re : OT Free software financial advice? (was RMS on Linux Show)

[magicbanana]

You understand that you need not distribute your free software on Internet,  
don't you? You can just give it (and its source code) to your customers. With  
the catastrophic situation you are talking about, it should be easy to  
convince your customers about the advantages of having the four freedoms.  
That includes the ability to fix themselves a problem (or add a feature) or  
to contract other developers/companies to do so. No lock-in: the user is in  
control. Of course you would offer some support explaining that, as the  
developer, you are in the best position to provide a quality support in  
little time. With the freedom to share the software, the lab can redistribute  
it to other potential customers or even publish it on Internet. Do you think  
they would do so? Isn't there a competitive advantage to have your software?  
If you believe these labs are friends with each other, you can try to make  
they pay more but altogether.