On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 21:58:46 -0500, Rich Pieri wrote: > On 11/9/2015 8:27 PM, Robert Krawitz wrote: >> But if you count support contracts bundled with the software, it's a >> very different picture. And since the support contract wouldn't exist >> without the underlying software, I think it's nitpicking to not count >> that. > > It's not a nit-pick. It's the very point of the argument. If you > can't make a profit from GPL software without tying it to some form > of added value service then it proves my point: you can't make a > profit from selling GPL software. The profit comes from the added > value services.
But in this case, the service is very tightly coupled with the software. I just don't see why the distinction matters. -- Robert Krawitz <r...@alum.mit.edu> *** MIT Engineers A Proud Tradition http://mitathletics.com *** Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- http://ProgFree.org Project lead for Gutenprint -- http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net "Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works." --Eric Crampton _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
