Yes, Boss, You Can Distribute Free Software Commercially | Linux Today

Yes, Boss, You Can Distribute Free Software Commercially

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 19, 2007

[ Thanks to D.C.
Parris
for this link. ]

“Dvorak recently claimed that the Free Software Foundation
spearheads the non-commercial use group that believes ‘nobody
should ever make any money selling or using software.’ Boy, did he
ever miss the boat. But the fact is that some people in the
community seem to believe exactly that.

“One of my peers over at IT Business Edge, Lora Bentley,
criticized Dvorak’s arguments, correctly pointing out that he
simply wrote a rant, listing complaints about the FOSS community,
as opposed to a well-developed essay…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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