[Discuss] Profiting from GPL software (was: Hey FCC, Don't Lock Down Our Wi-Fi Routers | WIRED)

[Steve Litt]

On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 14:40:52 -0500
Rich Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com> wrote:


> I did not say you can't try to charge money for it. I said that you 
> can't make a profit from trying to sell it. Again I ask: what is 
> dishonest about this statement?

Nothing that I see. I reached the same conclusion more than a decade
ago. After you sell your first copy, you're competing against zero cost
copies of your product.

Here are some articles I've written (a long time ago) on the subject.

http://www.troubleshooters.com/tpromag/200201/200201.htm

SteveT

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