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Don't forget that (and this has been mentioned four times now in this thread) you can sell open source software. No need to beg for donations. Charge for the so
by ddevault 7y ago
Don't forget that (and this has been mentioned four times now in this thread) you can sell open source software. No need to beg for donations. Charge for the software and for the source code.
- mwcampbell 7y agoBut then as soon as a paying customer exercises freedom 2 and helps their neighbors by redistributing the software on the Internet, the vendor is most likely screwed. Particularly if they developed a great piece of end-user software that doesn't need support, training, hosting, or any other service to go with it.
- ddevault 7y agoHas this ever been shown to happen in practice? The vendor is the only one who can provide a guarantee that the distribution is genuine (i.e. not tampered with), provide timely updates, security notices, etc.
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