Re: Free software companies and stock options

[Harveer S <lambysingh@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:32 AM 9/18/00, Robin wrote:
> How do you make money out of FREE software ? From support ? ...it
> doesn't pay well enough especially in a poor nation like india. If you

Fully agreed.

> sell it then you need to hire n number of lawers to ensure that all
> you're linking to is lgpled not gpled.

As I read on some list (may be this or the freedev@topica), the main 
problem with the GPL is that it wants all the software to be "free". If you 
use even a bit of the GPL'd code, you have to GPL all of your code.
So, that comes round to the point that has already been made on this list : 
It is not feasible to participate in Free software movement without having 
a kind of guaranteed and decent source of income - from developing 
commercial software, providing support, teaching - it does not matter, but 
having the bucks with you does.

> If you use kdevelop then you gotta get a commercial licence for it I
> think ( please correct me if i'm wrong). Is there any commercial
> developer's howto for linux ? If not is this list interested in helping
> draft one ?
>
> as for street performer and other so called models - I don't think that
> would work in india.Try to push a gpl clause on a client and see if
> he'll bite...he'll probably show you the door the minute you bring up
> the idea...something on the lines of..
> you  :  "Dear Mr X I'll develop the package for you , but you have to
> give it to your competitor for free ..."
>
> Mr X :  "Thank you for your time and GET LOST you nutcase !!"

Yeah, considering the fact that almost anything that goes to increase the 
$'s is accepted as vaild in corporate scenario... So, I think that no 
company will want his competitor to have the software which it paid to get 
developed, for free. After all, it is a part of their business, and that 
matters a lot !!


> Cheerio
> Robin
>
>
>
> ragu@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > Arun Sharma is wearing a green tinted Intel goggle:
> >
> > >> "knowledge based industries" (which can't exist in RMS dream world)
> > >> with revenues greater than Rs 1 billion can do so.
> > >>
> >
> > Not everyone is interested in stock options.  What if I am
> > remunerated in an other way ?  AFAIK RMS has never cribbed about
> > making money out of FREE Software.  RMS world is not of dreams but
> > the other way round..of gound reality. ;-)
> >
> > --
> > ragoo, VU2RGU

--

Cheers !!!
Harveer Singh

(NXN - Not eXactly a Newbie)
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