[OpenFontLibrary] Commissioned-then-Open Font Model - was: New Ubuntu Fon

[Garrick Van Buren]

> For many software authors, yes, they can make more with open source, but for MOST authors of software libraries, that is simply false. Programmers understand that releasing their software libraries as proprietary will make more money in the long run.

If the goal is to make money on support costs and lock your customers into your services - then I agree. To me, that's an irresponsible business practice.

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Garrick Van Buren
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On Mar 6, 2010, at 2:25 PM, Fontfreedom at aol.com wrote:

> >I think that many authors of software libraries - programmers -
> >understand how they can make more money with free software than with
> >proprietary software, which is why so much free software library code
> >exists. This is less true of applications programmers, and even less
> >true of type designers.
>  

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