|
![](/i/fill.gif) |
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:08:39 +0200, clipka wrote:
> Jim Henderson schrieb:
>>> You want to make money out of a GPL'd product? Then it /must not/ be
>>> user-friendly, intuitive and bug-free.
>>
>> I disagree. Given that I work for a company that does work to make
>> (for example) the Linux desktop user-friendly, intuitive, and bug-free,
>> it's fair to say that I do know a little bit about what I'm talking
>> about.
>
> I do confess that I'm exaggerating a good deal here, and not mentioning
> the closed-source software side.
>
> But I think given the hype of GPL, it's worth pointing out flaws in the
> FSF's oh-so-glorious "we promote free open source software and still
> allow anyone to make money from it, thus bettering the world" point of
> view.
Without recognising the flaws, they cannot be addressed. :-)
Jim
Post a reply to this message
|
![](/i/fill.gif) |