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In article <8255@stiatl.UUCP> meo@stiatl.UUCP (Miles O'Neal) writes:

   If I use the gnu compiler, and link to the gnu compiler, then if I
   spend a year of effort to write something, I have no way of ever
   making a cent off of that piece of software.

Nonsense!  The only "right" you are lacking is the legal right to restrict
people from copying your software.  *You* interpret this to mean that you
then have no way to make money.

There is indeed a way to make money off of Copylefted software.  You
find a user group whose members need a particular program that you are
capable of writing.  The user group pays you your money and you write the
program.

They get a useful program that they can give to their friends, family,
and whoever else they want.  And you get a risk-free way to earn XX
amount of dollars.  You *know* that you will make money off of the
program, and you even know how much.

As I see it, what *you* want is the right to make an unlimited amount
of money off of your program.  
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