> The only customers that would pay are ones that do it for moral purposes, at which point your business selling GPL software isn't a business anymore, but some

> The only customers that would pay are ones that do it for moral purposes, at which point your business selling GPL software isn't a business anymore, but something that receives charitable donations. > Nevertheless, more than 6000 of these individuals choose to help fund the project to the tune of between $150k and $210k a year. How is this not covered by the posters comment about it not being a business but a charity if you rely on people paying more than they need to?