On 12-Jun-2006, Stefano Maffulli wrote:
On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 15:19 +0100, Shane M. Coughlan wrote:
If we have confidence in our model
Do we have such confidence to sell it to a 45 years old bizman that feeds 5/10 programmers selling proprietary licenses?
Their business involves restricting the freedom of their customers with proprietary licenses. What's the question here?
Even if he barely makes the end of the month,
I don't see how the failure of a particular business model to make a profit is of concern for a definition revolving around software freedom.
I think we still don't have enough arguments to draw exclusive circles like the GBN and we need to come up with something that is inclusive instead.
What goal are you assuming here? My understanding is that the goal of the GNU Business Network is to allow third parties to easily identify free software businesses, according to a particular definition.
Indeed, a strict definition is even *more* helpful: the business can easily tell whether or not they meet the definition, and what actions would make the difference.
It's completely up to the particular business whether they meet that definition. If they think it's worth the benefits, they have it within their own power to be included.