[Ilugc] We Don't Need the GPL Anymore
- From: anandsaha@xxxxxxxxx (Anand Saha)
- Date: Sat Jul 2 18:26:14 2005
On 7/2/05, Ayan Chakrabarti <ee01b098@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, I think the people at Cygnus and Red Hat get to buy nice
laptops too. Besides, Free Software is not about giving away
software for free.Its about giving away source, whenever you give
away the executable, no matter how much you charge for it.
You can not earn your bread and butter by just writing code
and giving it away under GPL. You need to build a support/
maintenance mechanism around your product to make users pay
you for reliable support.
You might attach a price tag with with your GPLed product but one
customer and the second clause of GPL is enough to make sure
that you are paid only once. Correct me if i am wrong.
saha
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