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aegis	2015-10-25 , 00:03
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Originally Posted by pichlo

Jolla is attempting an admirable thing. They are trying to make a product out of Open Source software. Many have tried but so far nobody has succeeded. Because ideology and business do not mix.

I can think of hundreds if not thousands of companies that make a healthy living out of selling open source software.

Companies involved in developing commercial content management systems for instance like EllisLab or Pixel & Tonic. Or the plugin market for WordPress, Magneto etc. The source is not encrypted but a licence is not free.

There's no reason you can't have open source software but with a licence that is commercial.

The problem seems to be nobody makes a profit out of selling Linux without some service or device attached. Linux is secondary to the business itself.

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