OTOH, proving that an open source product can play well with a commerical offering specifically designed for that open source product would prove to many commericial software houses that open source is good for business. Either they could charge for the actual product or charge a fee to support the product.
The following statement is not designed and/or intended to start a flame fest or insite a debate: The arguement that all software should be free does not hold water. Software, like books, movies and paintings are artistic works and people who code should be paid for their efforts if they so desire (Just like writers, artists, directors and actors). I program for a living and in my spare time, I write software that is free: The code I write that I am paid for enables me to write free software. I bet that the primary author of Scribus is in a similar situation. Best regards Marvin Dickens bart at solozone.com wrote: > it seems to me that paying for a plug in is absolutely contrary > to the G P L philosophy and what should be this project's goals. > Nevertheless, I do appreciate that printers are frantic to get > accurate color (which is quite a problem). > > Bart Alberti
