FC4 or FC5

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 11:19 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 08:22 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> > ----
> > Dude - you can sell GPL software that you write...there's no restriction
> > against that...only that you make the source code available for no more
> > than the handling costs.
> 
> AND that you can't restrict your customer from giving away as many
> copies as he wants, modified or unmodified.
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if the customer paid for the software development...that seems to be the
only normal course.
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> 
> > I guess that people can be smart enough to write software but not smart
> > enough to understand the implications of a license.
> 
> Not many people have been able to make a business plan out of
> selling software they can't control.  There are some rare exceptions
> of course.
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I think you paint with a broad brush. There are people who cannot
envision a successful method of writing software, getting paid for the
software and then allowing it to be released as open source. The
decisions of course are left to the person that 'owns' the software and
I don't aim to criticize anyone's decision but do want to correct false
impressions.

Craig