On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Rainer Deyke <rain...@eldwood.com> wrote: > Jérôme M. Berger wrote: >> Sergey Gromov wrote: >>> Now, how would you make money on free, as in libre, software? How would >>> you make a free, single-player RPG and still stay in business? All you >>> can under GPL is take payment for distribution, as long as nobody else >>> starts to distribute it for free. This means giving your hard work for >>> free, as in gratis, not business. >> >> Ask RedHat, or any of the increasingly large number of companies >> that *do* make money on free, as in libre, software. Basically, you >> make your customers pay for specific developments and >> customizations. Once the software is released you still get paid for >> tech support and maintenance. > > There's a market for customizations to, or customer support for, single > player RPGs?
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/4/5/the-zone-of-pure-breakfast/ Apparently so ;)
