On 16 Nov 2002, John Hasler wrote: > Bruce writes: > > If I was a company I would certainly be hesitant to do anything with > > Debian because it seems to have a problem with people making money off > > software. > > Baffle. One of the most common reasons for packages to be in non-free is > that their licenses forbid the making of money from them.
You may be able to convince them by pointing to non-free, and "the most common reason" stuff is in non-free, or by showing them the relevent sections of the DFSG--at least until non-free disappears and the DFSG gets changed (if that is what actually happens). I'm not referring to any specific technical reading of the DFSG, just the impression a company trying to sell software is likely to get when looking at supporting a distribution with an odd-ball packaging scheme, GPL-like guidelines, and no support infrastructure for commercial software. Note: "they [Debian's developers] seem to have a problem with making money off Linux" is a comment from the owner of a local Linux VAR. I don't necessarily agree with it, but couldn't really argue against it because I've never tried to deal with Debian on a company <-> organisation level. Unfortunately, the most vocal Debian proponent on the list, who has his own consulting business, was unable or unwilling to counter the claim. - Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
