On Wed, 2011-10-26 at 01:32 -0400, Nick Sabalausky wrote: [ . . . ] > I think you misunderstood my point. What I was trying to say is: If > someone's going to worry about others profiting from their free code, why'd > they even make it free in the first place?
I have no problem with companies making money from FOSS by providing value added service or proprietary components, as long as they are clearly seen to be "giving back" to the FOSS community as a "quid pro quo". What I object to is companies taking FOSS software, making a proprietary product from it, getting updates from the FOSS community for free, restricting product purchasers regarding the FOSS software and generally treating the FOSS community as a pool of slave labour to be milked. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@russel.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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