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Article #72551Re: An attempt (probably in vain)
From: Randy Burns
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1992 21:57
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1992 21:57
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In article <gFa3eB18w164w@mantis.co.uk> mathew@mantis.co.uk (Lieutenant 030) writes: >As any shareware author knows, the fact that your program is excellent, >used by just about everyone, and praised as the best program of its type, >does not mean that anyone will send you any donations. > Well, what I've had good luck with is giving away source, but charging for the right to copyright derivatives of this source or programs produced using my development tool. In fact, I found I made more money this way, when I gave away free samples than when I used a more standard commercial license. The main trick is to keep things very hassle free for big companies. Quite frankly, a lot of them buy a commerical license even in it would pay them to simply use my product as freeware.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,e7ab4faaac0aba9b X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-01-24 14:04:21 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!cronkite.Central.Sun.COM!newstome.Corp.Sun.COM!finess.Corp.Sun.COM!rburns From: rburns@finess.Corp.Sun.COM (Randy Burns) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: An attempt (probably in vain) Message-ID: <ko12uoINN8vv@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> Date: 24 Jan 92 21:57:44 GMT References: <MIB.92Jan21181133@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <gFa3eB18w164w@mantis.co.uk> Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca. Lines: 16 NNTP-Posting-Host: finess.corp.sun.com