On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:02 AM, SJS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > begin quoting Nicholas Wheeler as of Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 09:24:01AM -0400: > [snip] >> I work for a small government contractor, around 40 or 50 employees >> and we sell various open source(GPL) content management systems (that >> we've made) as a service, along with hosting, customizations, etc. We >> seem to do alright ;-) > > If you're in business selling services, it makes sense to GPL the > software. I wouldn't call you a software-house, however. > > I think the problem is that I make a distinction between writing > software for release, and selling services that require software. > Some folks not only fail to see the distinction, but they fail > to see the possibility of any such distinction.
Selling software = bad business. Selling services enabled by software = good business. Just my take, BobLQ "I like services" > -- > Government software should be automatically LGPL'd or better (public domain?). > Stewart Stremler > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
