diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index eeccd50..775933f 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -4857,9 +4857,10 @@ found that for higher-end hardware, the profit made from proprietary software licensing fees is negligible. The real profit is in the hardware, but it is essential that software be stable, reliable and dependable, and the users be allowed to have unfettered access to it. Free Software, and -GPL'd software in particular (because IBM can be assured that proprietary -versions of the same software will not exist to compete on their hardware) -is the right choice. +GPL’d software in particular, is the right choice. For instance IBM can be +assured that proprietary versions of the their software will not exist to +compete on their hardware. + For example, charging a ``convenience fee'' for Free Software, when set at a reasonable price (around \$60 or so), can produce some