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Re: [pygame] pygame for commercial use



Bob Ippolito <bob@redivi.com> writes:

> On Nov 4, 2004, at 12:58, Dave Mikesell wrote:
>
>>> I hope I don't sound like I am coming from the evil/greedy dark
>>> side. I
>>> just
>>> want to use Pygame at work, and get our whole team on it.
>>
>> There's nothing evil/greedy/dark about making money from software
>> sales.
>> Why would selling software be different from, say, selling cars or
>> TVs or
>> bread?
>
> Well, software is information and doesn't really require any resources
> to duplicate and redistribute (electronically).  That said, even
> though I make most of my money from software and software services, I
> do believe in open source (just not the FSF kind, I find *GPL to be
> more of a hassle than most of the alternatives).

car are selled under gpl licence... you can use it like you want, you
can repair it, you can share it, you can give it to somebody else, and
if you sell it to somebody he will have the sames conditions :-)

-- 
William Dodé - http://flibuste.net