Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linus on Linux and the GPLv3

On 09-Oct-06, at 7:53 PM, Rony wrote:

But in the latter, suppose I make a CAD software thats very good and works just like the popular closed CAD software. I post it on the net under GPL and keep a price of some 100s of dollars. Now some smart alec who is out to ruin my business compiles my code and even acknowledges my good work and puts the package on the net for a free download. He is doing a perfectly legal thing as the GPL allows this. So how do I run my company when my work is available to others for free as in beer.

take a look at collabnet. They make obscene amounts of money marketing subversion. And they are the guys who have put up subversion for free download