Sachin G Nambiar wrote:
Please note that
the FOSS ideology does not work out economically with retail software. FOSS earns big/mega bucks through support and customization.
Yes i know and this was the only bone of contention. If i make a software and sell it to you and also give you the source. Mere pet pe laath mat maro ... :). Some people on some forum had contended that your software has to be freely distributable, or maybe i read them wrong.
If you release your software under GPL, its free to use, modify, redistribute the modification...subject to you giving out the changes you made. Otherwise you should not release your software under GPL. Use a license that suits your requirement.
I understand that if the license allows it it's fine,but my contention is it's still free software even if it's not freely distributable, because i allow you (as a maker) to use it in anyway you wish to change it in anyway you wish and but don't give it away for free (as in beer) just because i allow you to do anything with it for your own use.
It will be 'open source' but not 'free'.
Regards,
Rony.
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