Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 20:41:49 +0100 From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Tani Hosokawa <unknown@riverstyx.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL v. BSD and fragmentation Message-ID: <20000823204149.A43608@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000823132044.057d1ba0@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 01:25:20PM -0600 References: <20000822141843.C27208@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20000822141843.C27208@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20000822063012.F10643@riverstyx.net> <4.3.2.7.2.20000823132044.057d1ba0@localhost>
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here is what i don't get about the GPL. if a mechanical engineer works for 1 year on a project, he might only be able to sell it for 5,000 US dollars. but he will have to sell far more than 1 unit to recover his costs, let alone make a profit. once a programmer writes or enhances a GPL program, he or she might sell only one copy before it becomes open source, and therefore free. maybe the industry will wise up and realize you get what you pay for, and commercial software has far better support in general. jcm -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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