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> This man lives in an imaginary world where no one has to make any money (or if they do, they are evil) Did you even read the article? He says it's ok to make
by patrickaljord 16y ago
> This man lives in an imaginary world where no one has to make any money (or if they do, they are evil)
Did you even read the article? He says it's ok to make money with free software and should be advertised:
"When you meet people who think free software is supposed to be gratis,
tell them "It's free as in freedom; it doesn't have to be gratis."
Then refer them to http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html, and you
should be able to educate them with very little effort on your part.
When you get practiced in doing this and you see how easy it is,
you won't feel annoyed when the need arised."
- tjmc 16y agoHe must know his philosophy on selling is fundamentally flawed though. The high-budget computer game question (which he side stepped) is a good one. Why would you spend millions of dollars on a software product if you could only count on selling the first copy?
- ciupicri 16y agoYou could charge for the binaries, like Red Hat and XChat do. Quoting from http://xchat.org/windows/ http://xchat.org/windows/: You may use XChat for Windows for free for 30 days. If, after this time, you would like to continue using the product, you are required to register. Registration is a one time fee of $19.99 USD (US Dollars) which can be paid using the PayPal service below.