-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Freitag, 15. August 2003 14:06, Eric Livingston wrote: > > > how can you say that, i mean you use a product in free software > > > comunity and you don't care about what is done with the money they > > > earn !! this is unresponsable > > > > As I see it, money is not the issue. As long as the software is free > > and the quality of the software high, I'm willing to donate money to > > show my support. > > Interesting sentiment. So, if Gentoo were to post on their front page > that they were full, enthusiastic supporters of terrorism, had in fact > helped to fund the 9/11 attacks, and were now in the process of > pulling money together to help fund a nuclear attack on NYC, you'd > just merrily keep sending them donations because the "quality of the > software is high"? Strange... > > Or [more samples...]
IM(humble)O you are both right and wrong: * right, because it might lead to unwanted use of my money if I am not asking what it is spent for before I make a donnation * wrong, because if you START making such questions, you will end in a world where Free Software delevopers have to demonstrate politically rightness before being supported by their users... I don't like the idea of my money wandering to some obscure place - - but at the same time I don't like the idea of a world where libertarians support 'their' libertarian Free Software Developers and republicans support 'their' republican Free Software Developers only. Where would that end? That russian co-workers and american ones would stop cooperating? That somebody from Cuba would have a problem with his users from the USA. NO - THANK YOU Karl-Heinz -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/PM/xCcaVnbvggDcRArsnAKD+LO+hx635rjchtsvoKSr7XZv8tgCg4JQU 50n+0mDwFZ+4o93yE2h9sbk= =5+hm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
