Re: [MacPerl] Distributables?

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 03.22 -0500 1999.01.24, Richard Gordon wrote:
>I think that I've stumbled across a way to make beaucoup buck using MacPerl.
>However, I could do the same thing less elegantly in AppleScript using some
>OSAXen and the question is how do you distribute a MacPerl app for $$$ that
>won't just be ripped off within a week? I could bottle up the AppleScript
>(actually FaceSpan) approach so that it would be at least sort of
>challenging to pirate the software, but I've never understood how you can
>make any money (as a practical matter) off of open source ditributables like
>MacPerl.
>
>I do believe in the open source concept (or anything else that threatens
>Microsoft), but how do you make a living out of it as far as distributables
>go? Thanks.

The basic philosophy is that you don't write a program to make money, you
program to make money.  So you write programs for people who need programs,
and they pay you to write them.  i.e., sell your programming talent, not
your programs.

Honestly, it is rare that I see programs that are worth buying these days,
but it is often I see programming needs.  But to each his own.  Thomas
Boutell sells Perl programs.  They come with protection that requires a
key, and they are easy to "crack".  I imagine he makes money off them
anyway.

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