On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 17:21 +0100, Alexander Terekhov wrote: > > - A royalty-free requirement does not imply that the price of > > the software must be zero. > > Then what does it imply? > > > Software can be priced through other > > means than copyright royalties as well. > > But other means would not price software, they would price > something else.
No. They price software too. Ever heard of Total Cost of Ownership? The price of the license is usually a very small percent and usually not the deciding factor. Today I heard at the company I work at about betting on Nagios(tm), which they "bought". They didn't buy it in the sense of licensing but in the sense of the man-hours spent deploying and developing know-how. > > - Copyleft clause does not affect all further “production of > > goods and servicesâ€. > > But the regulation doesn't say that ALL further "production of > goods and services" must be affected for a license to be in > violation. > > Software is a good on its own. But the cost of licensing is (usually) not _THE_ factor. And that's the point. Rui
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