Re: How do Free software developers get money?

2008-02-01 Thread David Kastrup
mike3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Feb 1, 6:40 am, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> mike3 writes: >> > But if it's not Free, then how does that jive with "Gnutianism"'s moral/ >> > ethical codes that says creating and using non-free/"proprietary" >> > software is wrong? >> >> It doesn

Re: How do Free software developers get money?

2008-02-01 Thread mike3
On Feb 1, 6:40 am, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mike3 writes: > > But if it's not Free, then how does that jive with "Gnutianism"'s moral/ > > ethical codes that says creating and using non-free/"proprietary" > > software is wrong? > > It doesn't. So what? Do you think one is required

Re: How do Free software developers get money?

2008-02-01 Thread rjack
John Hasler wrote: mike3 writes: But if it's not Free, then how does that jive with "Gnutianism"'s moral/ ethical codes that says creating and using non-free/"proprietary" software is wrong? It doesn't. So what? Do you think one is required to sign an oath of loyalty and obediance before bei

Re: How do Free software developers get money?

2008-02-01 Thread John Hasler
mike3 writes: > But if it's not Free, then how does that jive with "Gnutianism"'s moral/ > ethical codes that says creating and using non-free/"proprietary" > software is wrong? It doesn't. So what? Do you think one is required to sign an oath of loyalty and obediance before being permitted to w

Re: How do Free software developers get money?

2008-02-01 Thread mike3
On Jan 31, 10:46 am, Ciaran O'Riordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mike3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Is the software they then develop for those companies Free software, > > however? > > Sometimes yes, sometimes no. But if it's not Free, then how does that jive with "Gnutianism"'s moral/ ethic