On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:10:38 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Perhaps, though I might debate "consult" - sometimes consulting is
>> brought in not because of ease-of-use issues but because of manpower
>> issues.
> 
> That and expertise, yes.

Yup.

>>>>> Indeed, that's the usual answer to "well, how do programmers make a
>>>>> living if all software is free?"
>>>> Consulting, custom programming, etc.
>>> I.e., not via software, but via services. That's my point.
>> 
>> The same holds true for non-OSS in that case, so I'm not sure what your
>> point is....?
> 
> Sorry? I can charge for non-OSS software, is what I mean. I can sell it
> twice and make twice as much money as selling it once. I.e., I don't
> have to do work every single time I make some money, so I can afford to
> make something that no one single person would pay for.

I can charge for OSS software as well.  I can sell it twice and make 
twice as much money selling it once.

There is in fact OSS software that's dual licensed to support just that - 
though it doesn't have to be dual licensed.  MySQL is available in a GPL 
version and a non-GPL version.

Jim

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