[BadVista Advocate] "Free" software

Sunnz sunnzy at gmail.com
Sat May 5 03:13:04 EDT 2007


2007/5/5, Guy Johnston <guydjohnston at googlemail.com>:
> That's true. That's why most people who develop free (as in freedom) software commercially usually
> primarily use other methods of making money from it, such as selling support services and making
> paid-for customisations.


Yes I realise this kind of profit... but when you do so you don't have
to sell your software in the first place. Prime examples are Mozilla I
guess, the software is free but you can pay for the support if you
want.

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