Hi Max,
An example comes to mind. The guys behind the Rosegarden software started a music oriented linux distro, http://www.ferventsoftware.com, as a way to finance their development of Rosegarden. Currently it doesn't include PD, but it's an example of how free software can be combined with a commercial offering.
But the most common way I suppose would be selling "support" (including implemented new custom features, etc). I guess all it would take in the case of PD is some company offering such support for PD.
I see the FSF has on webpage on the subject: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html
maarten
On Tue, 17 May 2005 01:07:37 +0200 Max Neupert abonnements@revolwear.com wrote:
Hi list,
I'm curious to hear your point of view to this: the university asked me to review the list of software they want to order for the department. They've got also Max/MSP and Jitter on the list. This is a nice thing but my point is: the students already work with PD, why should they use and learn software they might not be able to afford after they leave the university? I guess you all agree that the money should rather be spent in PD development. but since there is no license to aquire the university can't ask companys to give bids on this deal. how can open source projects handle this? any suggestions?
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