The (awesome) economics of open source (Opensource.com)

Posted Sep 17, 2018 17:32 UTC (Mon) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: The (awesome) economics of open source (Opensource.com) by felixfix
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> Why did Dickens continue making money in the US from speaking tours? I don't mean how did the tours earn money, but why did he do it? He almost certainly could have made more money with European tours without the risks of crossing the Atlantic. It's an interesting question to ponder.

VICTORIAN MORALITY.

Read up a bit on Dickens. His reputation was helped by his "squeaky clean" image which he couldn't afford to endanger in Britain, but he pretty much walked out on his wife for a younger woman. So when he toured America with his "wife", she was actually his mistress.

(Read up on some British railway disaster, which nearly killed him - I think it was the boat train to Dover or such-like - and especially note his travelling companions. This accident nearly caused a scandal to break which would have ruined him.)

Cherchez la femme, as always ... :-)

Cheers,
Wol