Re: "beta" is a reach, but....

viper-2 wrote:
On Aug 3, 5:04 pm, Kenny <kentil...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
viper-2 wrote:
On Aug 3, 10:46 am, Kenny <kentil...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
viper-2 wrote:
I presume your algebra tutor is free as in freedom?
You lost me.
Free as in Freedom, not as in beer.
I know all that and your question still confuses me. :)

Definition and Wikipedia article

here:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software
See Vassil Nikolov's neat quote "Free Programmers, Bound Variables".
Of course, when I download the software, the licence will tell.
heh-heh, that reminds me of something else I have to do very soon.

But a light dawns: this is a proprietary binary release for now, no code
so def not GPL (which is what I think you meant by "free" <g>). I am
open to other business models that might put food on my table ...

I'll download and check out your software if and when you change your
business model so the software is free, best wishes until then.


Thanks! But don't be so lazy, figure out a business model for me. I mean this GPL thing is your idea, not mine. And I would love to give it away, marketing is too much like work. Just do not see where the money comes from on a non-Web app.

Which reminds me, does anyone know if Google ads have ever been displayed via desktop apps connected in real-time to the Web so the ads can change as much as they do in a Web 2.0 app?

I did write to PG because he once wrote somewhere that the best way to commercialize is to give the software away, but he never got back to me on that question. It might have been too open-ended.

kt
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