[Heartlogic-dev] GPL (was Re: do we need to keep 'em coming?)

[Joshua N Pritikin]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 12:56:07AM -0600, William L. Jarrold wrote:
> Anyway, it would be really cool if this kind of work could have clinical
> applicability.  And it could make a modest amount of $$$ too, maybe.
> I.e. once the knowedge was captured, it could be put into a tutoring
> system that could be sold.   BTW, this is going to be GPL'd right?  And
> that gives us a prayer of profiting from our work, right?

Yes.

In the case of GPL, our customers buy from us because they think
we are cool.  In the case of a proprietary license, our customers
buy from us because we strangled our competition and our
customers don't have a choice.

It takes more effort to be cool, but it's the right thing to do.

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