er, this would all be valid if MandrakeSoft weren't a global capitalist :-) I think you're mistaking "a financial concern which sells services related to GPL-licensed software that it produces in order to sell services" for "a non-profit organization which produces GPL-licensed software for non-fiscal purposes. For the latter, you're looking at Debian, Lunar... not MandrakeSoft.
Please keep in mind, I'm not complaining -- I'm as fond of eating and paying the mortgage as the next guy and I gladly give MandrakeSoft money for the distribution. However, they are a for-profit publically traded organization selling a bundle of goods and services which I am buying with those dollars. It's a capitalist transaction, enabled by operation in a global economy. If I want to do what you're describing, I can download Lunar Linux and mail Chuck Mead a check and some brownies. Jack On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 09:52, tarvid wrote: > i'm glad something is out of control > > mandrake is part of several fine traditions > > mendicantes - there are people and institutions to whom you lend a hand just > because you like having them around > > goliardi - how else would we learn new songs > > anarcho-syndicalism - global capitalism isn't really working anyway > > jim > > On Tuesday 25 February 2003 12:15 pm, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: > > All; > > I've been watching all the threads, and excitement over the upcoming > > 9.1. As well as the critisizm over the rushed release dates. > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
