Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment.

[Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com>]

Preben Randhol wrote:
> 
> Because then I have to package Linux myself and if you look at Debian
> GNU/Linux it has more than 8710 packages. That is extremely hard work
> for *one* man.
> 
No, you still can have a RedHat or Debian or others packaging and 
supporting it. They just have to pay something to the authors to get 
that right.

> Sound very odd though. Say you make a share market program. You will
> lett Wall Street use it for free to earn heaps of money, but a company
> that builds, package and test your Linux distribution you won't allow to
> make some money to stay in bussiness?
> 
And if it was that obviously valuable, I'd put it in a shrinkwrap 
package and sell it to them as a "proprietary" product. :-)

Part of what makes GPL useful is in creating a market for software that 
people wouldn't otherwise buy for $$$, but might be willing to buy 
add-ons like documentation, training, support, etc. If you were willing 
to give it away uinder GPL, why wouldn't you be willing to give it away 
under my scheme? Just as GPL doesn't prevent you from selling software, 
neither does my scheme. The only difference is that in my scheme, if it 
looks like another Linux, I'll retain some rights to get paid by other 
companies that want to package and sell it.

> 
> What about the upperclass business man?
> 
The GPL guys are already giving him all the charity he needs. ;-)

MDC

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