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Re: How developing GNU Software has Helped Me

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From: Conway Yee
Date: Mon, 18 May 1992 04:38

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>My girlfriend develops databases for small businesses. She GPLs them,
>charges the first business for the development, and then if someone
>else gets a copy, they're likely to give her a call to customize it
>for their business. 

You say _likely_.  Has this actually happened in practice?  Has she
actually gotten more clients through GPLing her software?

>Are there any examples of someone becoming fameous (within the
>software world) for developing free software, and this fame gets them
>a good job? Were I a CS undergraduate, I would probably be using this
>strategy.

RMS immediately comes to mind.



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