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Advice on GPL businesses from MandrakeSoft

David Fraser

18 Jun 2004

What advice would you offer to someone who is contemplating starting a GPL-based business?

François Bancilhon: Where do I start? (laughs) First, clearly define a solid type of business model for the type of product or service you want to provide. Secondly, one pitfall people make is that they can use a service business model to propel a product. If you create a product, then a product-geared business model is needed, and if you sell services then a service model is needed.

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