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Article #1727Re: harmful effects of gnu software
From: mathew
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:25
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:25
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tzs@carson.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) writes: > OK, so some user will come along and pay me to write new software? > But to them, software is just a tool that they use in their business. > Isn't it going to be in their interest to ask me to develop for them > a proprietary version? Especially since if you develop a proprietary version, you can share your development costs amongst thousands of users. Has anyone managed to do this with GPL software? I've seen people try and fail. mathew
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pipex!ibmpcug!mantis!news From: mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: harmful effects of gnu software Message-ID: <930111.182538.4V6.rusnews.w165w@mantis.co.uk> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 18:25:38 GMT References: <1993Jan10.062319.17213@news2.cis.umn.edu> <1iq63j$5m7@agate.berkeley.edu> <1iqervINNcp5@shelley.u.washington.edu> Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK. X-Newsreader: rusnews v0.98 Lines: 12