Messages in this thread | | | From | Roger Larsson <> | Subject | Re: Funding GPL projects or funding the GPL? | Date | Sat, 27 Jul 2002 19:46:11 +0200 |
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On Saturday 27 July 2002 18.22, Larry McVoy wrote: > On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 01:06:56PM -0300, Rik van Riel wrote: > Actually, that's an interesting topic. Other applications could use > the BK model of "free if you're out in the open" and pay otherwise. > It's pretty effective. However, it doesn't work very well when the > community beats you to hell for not being GPLed. I had a thick enough > skin to deal with it, I doubt others would, they'd give up. It also > doesn't work when people refuse to obey the license because they > don't agree with it (we had plenty of that).
Trolltech does the same. And have taken the same amount of heat. (Probably A LOT more... since their Qt is the base for KDE)
/RogerL
-- Roger Larsson Skellefteå Sweden
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