> On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, amy cheng wrote:
>
> > I'm considering to persuade my boss in making the scheduler project I'm
> > doing as a GPL, just like the accounting one. any ideas?
>
> Well, I'm not sure what sort of ideas you are looking for --- if you
> need ammunition to convince your boss you could use my arguments to
> my boss:
>
> 1) Writing non-free software is not an ethically legitimate activity...
> (Paraphrase of Richard Stallman)
Huh?
>
> 2) There is money in personalised tech support contracts - which is
> a legitimate activity! ;-)
>
> 3) Giving away code on the web is a hook that oftens catches customers
> for other goods and services. Goodwill does help businesses grow...
Very true. That is how a good company becomes a great company. You
can't put a price on goodwill, but it can save your business.
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