On Tue, 2011-11-01 at 18:17 -0500, kevpatts wrote: > Thanks guys for your responses. > > I'm a huge believer in open source software and use nearly only open > source software both at home and in work (I know it seems odd that I > say that and yet I'm talking about charging for software built on top > of LGPL platforms!). > I don't see what's wrong with that. Fact is, if you want to get some return from your efforts, there are only two practical ways: 1) sell the software, in which case it obviously can't be under the GPL though if you have written any generally useful libraries as part of the project, you might put them under the LGPL. 2) sell support and give the program for free (the RedHat model). If you're a one man band or a very small organisation (1) is about the only possibility if you and/or your support guy(s) ever want to take holiday: you need a fair number of people to handle (2) well enough to give a reasonable response time to queries and problem reports while still having enough time to keep development going and handling admin and sales. Martin
