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Article #75743Re: tax ramifications (was Re: Free Software Users == dupes ?)
From: Russ Nelson
Date: Wed, 02 May 1990 20:49
Date: Wed, 02 May 1990 20:49
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In article <135090@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> williamt@athena1.Eng.Sun.COM (William A. Turnbow) writes: In article <NELSON.90May1092848@image.clarkson.edu> nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu writes: >So much for the idea that copylefted software isn't profitable. ---- I'm confused. I thought you couldn't charge for GNU type software. How is the software profitable? Like this: Price to user $15.00 floppy disk 0.25 x 2 $00.50 mailer 0.19 $00.19 postage (usa) 0.65 $00.65 Profit $13.66 The sales seem to be quite price-insensitive. I'm sure I could charge $25, and I'd get just as many sales. Why don't I do it? 'Cuz I'm a nice guy, that's why. :-) The Austin Code Works also "sells" copylefted software. I can only assume that they make a profit doing so. -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) Russ.Nelson@$315.268.6667 Violence never solves problems, it just changes them into more subtle problems
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,88169a80e6dd8a66 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-05-02 19:22:21 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!image.soe.clarkson.edu!news From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: tax ramifications (was Re: Free Software Users == dupes ?) Message-ID: <NELSON.90May2164945@image.clarkson.edu> Date: 2 May 90 20:49:57 GMT References: <135090@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Sender: news@sun.soe.clarkson.edu Reply-To: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam NY Lines: 29 Posted: Wed May 2 21:49:57 1990 In-reply-to: williamt@athena1.Eng.Sun.COM's message of 2 May 90 01:48:11 GMT