>"Szymon Guz" <alpha@skynet.org.pl_WITHOUT> wrote in message 
> >news:djbids$1o1e$1@node3.news.atman.pl...
>Simon Wright napisa�(a):
>> "Steve Whalen" <SteveWhalen001@hotmail.com> writes:
>>
>>
>>>I'm actually a big supporter of the GPL and look forward to the day
>>>(5 to 100 years from now) when all (non-classified) computer
>>>programs will be GPL'd or it's future equivalent.
>>
>>
>> In the environment I work in, there would IMO be no problem; since the
>> government agency that is purchasing the product requires full source
>> delivery anyway!
>
>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. Of course I want to get the money back, so I want to sell 
>the program many times to get enough money (ok I want to sell the licence 
>or whatever, I had $200000 of costs and I sell the program for $200 per 
>copy, so I have to sell at least 1000 copies to earn 0 on that). 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).

Don't sell software.  Sell software support.

Include a manual and subscription based support and your customers will get 
more value by obtaining the software from you.  It seems to be working well 
for AdaCore.

Steve
(The Duck)

>regards
>Szymon Guz