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[quote][b]steve[/b] wrote: That sucks. My only suggestion to you would be not to distribute full versions of software that are 'unlockable' with keys or similar, just physically cut down versions, and protect downloads of full versions with logins for people who have bought it. That at least limits the potential. The ultimate would be to embed a unique signature into each binary licensed to someone so if a warez version appears you can trace it to the customer that cracked & distributed it and sue them. @Gothi[c]: it's a nice thought but I'm afraid you're living in a dream world. Even Red Hat makes pretty much all of its money by *selling a product* (RHEL) and not via support. It has been proven that a pure support model is not enough to support core product development - *redistributors* can make money that way (ie distro makers), but core developers just starve. Take a look at any software company that *develops* open source software (rather than just repackaging or distributing/supporting the efforts of others) and you'll always find a sales model or dual license model there. It's the only way they can live. Someone has to develop the software, and the people who say you don't need to do this are usually those who just *use* Free Software or repackage it, not the developers themselves. Unfortunately there's this idea going around that developers can make their money from donations, support and $5 CDs or something. It's bullshit, and any developer who actually tries to live that way will go broke really fast, unless they're lucky enough to be one of the very, very few that get sponsored by Google or similar. Everyone else either has to do it all in their spare time for the love of it, or combine open source with more 'normal' software revenue models. Leave philosophy out of it unless you can actually pay Niko's bills for him.[/quote]
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