From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00
	autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
X-Received: by 10.66.65.202 with SMTP id z10mr7172300pas.29.1423054120619;
        Wed, 04 Feb 2015 04:48:40 -0800 (PST)
X-Received: by 10.182.113.135 with SMTP id iy7mr198339obb.35.1423054119766;
 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 04:48:39 -0800 (PST)
Path: 
 eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!hl2no9504473igb.0!news-out.google.com!qk8ni25140igc.0!nntp.google.com!hl2no7149992igb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 04:48:39 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <mat379$j09$1@dont-email.me>
Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com
Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=73.46.72.234;
 posting-account=yiWntAoAAAC1KqC_shmxJYv07B9l6LNU
NNTP-Posting-Host: 73.46.72.234
References: <0Kgqw.953330$_k.685364@fx16.iad>
 <87bnmetex4.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org>
 <4ae7f0d5-d681-4be9-95bc-b5e789b3ad40@googlegroups.com>
 <87tx06rve6.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org>
 <d865c2cd-dd78-4dd9-8ca5-7526bc781faf@googlegroups.com>
 <87lhlirpk0.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org>
 <bb6afd60-da67-4b0a-93ca-2921b985cc3e@googlegroups.com>
 <m8ds96$po2$1@news.albasani.net>
 <m8em0g$a03$2@dont-email.me>
 <4984c229-bdcd-4032-bd88-cde66482e6df@googlegroups.com>
 <mae0l9$gn1$1@dont-email.me> <mae6qs$d09$1@dont-email.me>
 <dd0af6d6-f6bb-4330-bbf9-b888108df90b@googlegroups.com>
 <magop5$odq$1@loke.gir.dk> <magriv$pmh$1@loke.gir.dk>
 <6950687c-7b03-440e-ba15-e1092f86a3d0@googlegroups.com>
 <maonj2$9je$1@loke.gir.dk>
 <a48c3f8f-dcee-4d66-aafb-8f3c13733b53@googlegroups.com>
 <mara7o$fcr$1@loke.gir.dk>
 <de3b6680-983d-47b7-8e5d-a2e60430b8da@googlegroups.com>
 <1423034861.30930.71.camel@obry.net> <87vbjicdi1.fsf@ixod.org>
 <1423039132.25516.4.camel@obry.net> <mat379$j09$1@dont-email.me>
User-Agent: G2/1.0
MIME-Version: 1.0
Message-ID: <22417fae-1952-41a0-a7a9-8203d630edfb@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: GNAT GPL is not shareware
From: David Botton <david@botton.com>
Injection-Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 12:48:40 +0000
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:24874
Date: 2015-02-04T04:48:39-08:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

> So, if there is an example of a piece of GPLed software
> fully financing a business, then it is an example of an
> exceptional situation, I think.

Exactly. I do know some examples of direct sales that have worked, but they are few.

However GPL/Libre Software is the indirect cause for more money than anyone can count.

First comes the hammer, the initial sale of the hammer and the big money it makes, people start using hammers, competition in the hammer market starts, the price of hammers drops and there is no business in making hammers eventually.

If a company is too short sighted to understand that you need to go beyond hammer direct sales... well what happens happens.

How much money is wasted on litigation to slow the bleed using IP laws... If that same money was invested in advancing tech and R&D for the companies in future directions, etc......

David Botton