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> This is wrong. Copyleft licenses are concerned with freedom, not price. I have long been annoyed by this canard. Yes, someone can create a piece of code, sla
by danbmil99 11y ago
> This is wrong. Copyleft licenses are concerned with freedom, not price.
I have long been annoyed by this canard. Yes, someone can create a piece of code, slap a GPL license on it, and charge $10,000 a copy. In the real world, that developer will make exactly $10,000, because their first user is free to share the code with the rest of the world at zero cost.
"Free as in free speech and beer, not just free beer."
FTFY
- cbr 11y agoredhat?
- anonbanker 11y agoArdour?
- throwawaykf05 11y agoRed Hat makes most of their money providing services around their distro, rather than from selling the distro itself. (Source: Friends at RH).
- runamok 11y agoIs that true? You could not have a clause that allows people to see source but pay to run it? I know Chef now has a new revenue model where version 12 is free but if you want various modules enabled like a webui you need to pay.