On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 13:59 +0200, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > I see your point. I think of it as how each camp can have leverage > over the other. > > GPL software needs some type of leverage over commercial software as > they don't have the financial backing (or whatever else). They do > this by forcing everybody else to publish there changes, which helps > the project along. > > Commercial companies feel they need some leverage over GPL software, > as they invested a lot of money and man-power into some project to try > and create a better product the end of the day. They want some return > on investment. If they had to publish all change, nobody would bother > buying their product, as they could just use the GPL (free) one.
Commercial companies should find their leverage in those things the non- profitable section of the GPL-users can't do: Supply the support, documentation, guarantees that you'll provide help in case of a problem. And implement and sell things... Or, in case of fpc - build those specific applications with it, which are not common enough for a community to write. Joost _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - [email protected] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
