Re: Microsoft would like to buy Linux

"DJ Delorie" <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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People
think that "free software" means "costs no money" but that just isn't
true - it may, but it doesn't have to.

Yes, but you can't restrict someone who has a GPL'd piece of software from
going out and making it free to everyone, so any "successful" GPL'd piece of
software will eventually end up in the "costs no money" camp.

Realistically I think it's much harder for someone writing GPL code to make a
living (writing that code) than it is for someone writing commercial software
to do so.


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