Здравствуйте. "However, neither licensing nor the availability of source code gives free software its competitive edge. Licensing and source are merely means toward an end: the participation of many individuals and groups in the development, testing, quality assurance and advocacy of software."
Интересная статья. ----- Forwarded message from "Benj. Mako Hill" <mako/ubuntu.com> ----- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:46:44 -0400 From: "Benj. Mako Hill" <mako/ubuntu.com> To: sounder/lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: "ask Mako": doing just that <quote who="Michael Shigorin" date="Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 06:48:26PM +0300"> > On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 04:33:24PM +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > > Mixing funding with volunteer work raises all sorts of > > issues. Ask Mako to tell you about the experiment that showed > > that this difficulty might be hard-wired into our genes > > - there are deep social difficulties with projects that > > blend full time paid work with volunteer efforts. > > I'd like to accept this proposal and ask Benjamin -- what it was? > (if the answer's better personal, so be it; although I doubt that) About six months ago, I wrote up a piece on funding volunteer free software projects that is being alluded to here: http://mako.cc/writing/funding_volunteers/funding_volunteers.html In particular, there was some academic work on mixing volunteerism and commercial work that I cited in that paper. If you can't get access to the documents or journal articles I cited off list and you really want to read them, please contact me offlist and I can try to get you copies. Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill mako/ubuntu.com | mako/canonical.com ----- End forwarded message ----- PS: просьба отвечать в один список рассылки. -- ---- WBR, Michael Shigorin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------ Linux.Kiev http://www.linux.kiev.ua/ _______________________________________________ smoke-room mailing list [email protected] https://lists.altlinux.ru/mailman/listinfo/smoke-room
