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The gpl explicitly allows you to charge for your software.
by HansF 18y ago
The gpl explicitly allows you to charge for your software.
- mattmaroon 18y agoBut forcing you to open source it prevents you from being able to, generally.
- bayareaguy 18y agoWhile true, there is the problem with the GPL that it allows your competitors to leverage your own efforts against you. That's suicide for dumb resellers of commodity applications. But the successful open source companies have proven that for more complex things you can easily make plenty of money if you dual-license your software and use the distribution the GPL allows to build up an established brand.