9 Dec
2002
9 Dec
'02
6:36 p.m.
Raju Mathur wrote:
- Charge the entity who requires the software for developing it, ...
- Sell the software and make each previous version GPL. ...
- Training in free software. ...
- Customising and enhancing free software. ...
- Installing free software. ...
- Support for free software solutions. ....
1, 3, 5 and 6 of the above apply to proprietary s/w also. Of course, (2) cannot apply at all to proprietary s/w. 4 can apply when the third party vendor is the 'chosen one' for customisation by the 'owner' of proprietary s/w. (in the real world, they are called 'value added re-sellers' - VARs).
And no, Fred,
wait a minute, FN was only forwarding a mail from somebody else ...
Regards, Mahesh T. Pai