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Le Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:19:21 +0100, Erich <john@peppermind.com> a =C3=A9=
crit:

>
>>
>> Seehttp://fosdem.org/2012/schedule/event/keynotes_model_success
>>
>> You *can* sell GPL software and make a profit. That's just a fact.
>
> I really didn't want to get into this discussion but I have to reply
> to this,
Sorry for beeing a bit out of topic for this Usenet, just wanted to give=
  =

you some lecture. Seems a Wikipedia page already discussed the topic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_open_source_applications
May be worth reading for people joining either yours or Ludodiv's opinio=
n.

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