On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:07:50 -0500, "Kevin Wilcox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Eric Furman wrote: > > On 08 Jan 2008 20:21:08 -0500, "Daniel Hagerty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> "Eric Furman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > >>> This is one of the most retarded things I've ever read. > >>> You might get one wanker to pay for it, but if it comes > >>> in non-binary with all the source what's to stop them > >>> from posting it on the internet and everybody else > >>> getting it for free? > >> Good question. > >> > >> Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > >>> Profits from CD sales are the primary income source for the OpenBSD > >>> project -- in essence selling these CD-ROM units ensures that OpenBSD > >>> will continue to make another release six months from now. > >> Maybe this guy can explain it to you. > > > > OK, *that* was the most retarded thing I have ever read. > > You're comparing apples and oranges. > > No, he's not. > > Stallman said "I'm not against buying software from developers (as long > as it is free software)". > > That is the baseline for your "This is one of the most retarded things > I've ever read" comment. You make a valid point, what is to keep someone > from taking the source that they'd bought and putting an exact digital > replica online. This implies that you can't make money selling the > source to software that could potentially be had sans gratis on the 'net. > > Daniel then brought up the idea of CD sales. Something you can buy and > put an exact digital replica of online. By your implication that you > can't make money selling the source to potentially sans gratis, it's > also implied that you shouldn't be able to make money with CD sales of > *definite* sans gratis software because someone could either buy the CD > and make a .iso version available online or you could just get the > software sans gratis anyway. > > Since you're missing the analogy I'd say you probably didn't intend to > imply that. For those of us that read the implication there, though, the > analogy makes perfect sense.
*BULLSHIT*. You have so completely missed the point it is to laugh. Apples and Oranges. Remember OBSD isn't GPL'ed
