Lynn Fredricks wrote:

> For example, consider $99 for commercial for free applications.
> You could have a company buy such a license, and produce all sorts
> of compiled applications for internal use, or use by their customers.
> They are still generating a profit off of whatever is being supported
> by the free applications. They could also use the FOSS community
> version too, which would probably be fine for any applications used
> internally - but they might be reluctant to distribute those FOSS
> apps if a competitor can get some advantage from it.

Exactly.

If it represents material value to a company, the license is a bargain.

And if that competitive advantage isn't worth even a few hundred bucks, why bother?

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 Richard Gaskin
 Fourth World Systems
 Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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