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From: "Hyman Rosen" <hyman.rosen@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: and visual library once again
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Szymon Guz wrote:
> sure, but for me the problem with GPL looks like this:
>
> If I want to create a very good program I need to employee some
> programmers so I have costs. ... If I sell the program on the GPL
> licence client can sell the program cheaper than me many many times,
> so how can I get my money back (and how can I earn on the program).

You need to arrange to get the money ahead of time. The way to do
this is to get prospective users of the program to put up the money
to fund your development. Then when the work is done, everyone gets
the program. GNAT itself is a perfect example of this.