Re: Conflict of interest in Debian

[Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Wednesday 15 October 2014 22:44:18 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Mi, 15 oct 14, 21:37:57, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > As far as I'm aware Debian has *never* been sold anywhere, nor are
> > there plans to - did I miss another meeting down the docks?
>
> http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/
>
> No, that's not meant as a joke. As far as I understand, this is about
> the only way one can "sell" FLOSS software.
>
> Of course, the Author(s) can always sell commercial licenses, but other
> that's about the only exception I'm aware. It is my understanding that
> revenue with FLOSS is made from service contracts (e.g. consultancy,
> installation, support, etc.).

And burning and seling CDs. ;-)

Lisi