On Sunday 10 December 2000 14:31, Daniel E Baumann wrote: > Hello all. As some of you may have seen on GNU project home page there is > another project that the FSF has given it's seal of approval to and it's > FreeDevelopers.net (http://www.freedevelopers.net). Here is a little bit > about what we are trying to do: > > FreeDevelopers is a democratic entity for the development of free software. > The free company, probably the first of its kind in the world, will be > owned and run by developers worldwide on a democratic basis in a sacred > trust for the benefit and protection of the world's citizens. It will pay > all developers to work on free software, and all developers will receive > company shares and stock options, also. All software of the free company > will be licensed under the General Public License (GPL) and remain > free/open forever, because all software must be available to all current > and future generations of developers, so that they can be the first line of > defense to protect the world from the inevitable tyrannical tendencies of > proprietary software. > > We are still young and there are many details to be worked out, but as you > can see we are trying something a bit different from the FSF. However, if > you are strongly commited to Free software, the GNU project, and the GPL, I > hope that you would consider joining us. We are trying to build a global > company and change the software paradigm forever.
Sorry for "spamming" the lists. Maybe I should've contacted those of you that I have gotten to know on an individual basis. However, this is not a get rich quick scheme and I figured not everyone is subscribed to all lists. This is just another "fight" for free software and those who are interested and have the time I would like to recruit. I am really not any kind of leader (yet) although some over there are looking for me to lead, don't ask me why I have no idea why they feel this way. Anyway this is a legitimate cause and I hope I have not offended anyone further (sorry Jeff). Please give it some consideration and thought. You will hear no more from me about this. I just wanted to put it out there in case some were not aware. Thanks, Dan -- Daniel E Baumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web location: http://www.msoe.edu/~baumannd "Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code." -- Dave Olsen