Re: [ogf-d20-l] D20 & Shareware

[Brian C. Robinson]

On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Ryan S. Dancey wrote:

> "Shareware" requires a payment to be made to the author.  Open Source
> requires the the source be freely redistributable.  That's mutually
> exclusive.
>
        Hmm.  How come Red Hat can charge for thier Linux distribution?
All he would need to do to make an open source shareware program would be
to add a screen that asks users to send him money.  Of course, anyone
would be allowed to download the source and eliminate that screen.
 
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