Picking a license

[Aahz]

In article <87r5ldbw3k.fsf at benfinney.id.au>,
Ben Finney  <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> wrote:
>aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
>>
>> You can't really sell Open Source software in any practical way;
>> someone will always undercut you once it's out in the wild. You can
>> only sell support for the software, which is entirely different.
>
>Not at all. I've been selling all the software I write for clients for
>the past ten years, and it's all free software. It's been very practical
>for me and those I've worked with.
>
>You can't sell free software like selling loaves of bread, but that's a
>much more limited case and a far cry from your claim. Selling free
>software is quite practical and a good way to fund development of
>software that otherwise wouldn't be written as free software.

>From my POV, if you're not selling COTS, you're really selling support
and consulting services, because that's what keeps your competitors from
just picking up your software and reselling it for cheaper.  BTDT.
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