gideon...
givernment granted monopoly does not inhibit you in any way...it does not stop you from creating as an author...it just stops you from stealing other peoples shit and calling it "work" ...
give me one example where you, gideon, are not free to create what you wish but you can't really give me one except: I want to "format shift" other peoples work and call it "Art" or "my work" because I am a non creative lazy bastard....
IMB income includes a lot more than selling OS too...shit IBM is 100 years old its profits outdate linux by almost a century....the 22 billion mostly come from IBMs astronomical trade mark recognition and brand confidence...bill gates still makes more $ LOL
as for your "live interaction" excuse:
I get it, your method is so advanced that even the english language does not suffice in complexity for you to be able to fully explain, so "live interaction" with genius gideon is required
remember this: "saying that you can't compete with free is saying that you can't compete period"?
well whats up nigga?
give it up for free? oh I see you can't compete LOL
+kickstarter.com is for only 5% of the planet...if you are not american you can't use kickstarter...also kickstarter does not even get every campaign funded LOL you are presenting this like a viable mass business model when you know only a few US people out of 1000s actually get a successful funding....your model is shit and useless in the practical world