forget about it he's an idiot. as a few commenters point out he seems to willfully ignore the distinction between 'free of charge' and 'freedom of usage'
i certainly dont see any irony in creating GPL software and providing a means for people to donate. zwetan wrote: > Hi, > > what people think when they see such post here > http://www.communitymx.com/blog/index.cfm?newsid=900 > > ? > > I mean, I do work on few very small OSS projects, > don't ask for anything, but when I see such phrase > > "So, for those open source author's – put up and shut up or write > commercial software, > but don't think using guilt, pity or such to garner donations is in > the spirit of the open source philosophy." > > I feel very angry toward this kind of attitude > > what's your take on that ? > > I mean, com'on people coding OSS projects should be free to put > a donation link or not, I never saw anything in the open source philosophy > that would prevent the authors to make money (as little it is) out of it. > > zwetan > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
