> Red Hat, for example, makes its money by repackaging open-source
> software and selling support for it. For $30 I get a nice CD and a
> friendly voice to help me set up my computer. I'm not paying for the
> software - it's available for free on the web. I'm paying for the
> service of having it all put together for me and for calling their
> support lines. Here's a for-profit company operating in the open source
> sector - why should it be regulated differently than a company that
> offers support in some other sector?
Red Hat also makes "advertiser" monies as well -- developers that want their
stuff included on the Red Hat disk pay a large sum to get it on there.
Developers pay big to leverage the Red Hat brand (one of the few Linux brands
worth being associated with). Although WotC may make some money off of the d20
companies that negotiate special mention of the WotC trademarks, they have also
provided a d20 logo at essentially no cost.
--Lynn
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