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Article #1147Re: Suggestions for the free Unix projects
From: Noah Friedman
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 11:30
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 11:30
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In article <1992Oct6.081114.28892@u.washington.edu> tzs@stein.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) writes: >OK, back to our universe. It's probably too late for anyone to become >a software billionaire, but suppose FSF operated in a for-profit manner >for several years, and then switched back to free-mode? Would the net >result, say, 20 years from now be better or worse? It's hard to say. What is easy to say is that the ends do not justify the means. If the FSF can only be successful by selling proprietary software, then we've defeated ourselves. Our aim is to demonstrate that you do not need to sell proprietary software in order to survive. On the other hand, the FSF is also a nonprofit organization. There are lots of things we don't do to maximize profits (such as sell support), and a charitable organization asking for donations is nothing new.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!ames!agate!spool.mu.edu!think.com!rpi!usenet.coe.montana.edu!mintaka.lcs.mit.edu!ai-lab!life.ai.mit.edu!friedman From: friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Noah Friedman) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Suggestions for the free Unix projects Message-ID: <FRIEDMAN.92Oct6073006@nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu> Date: 6 Oct 92 11:30:06 GMT References: <1992Oct4.124453.10061@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <BRUCE.92Oct5110747@suprenum.uxb.liv.ac.uk> <FRIEDMAN.92Oct5223325@nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <1992Oct6.081114.28892@u.washington.edu> Sender: news@ai.mit.edu Organization: Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139 Lines: 16 In-reply-to: tzs@stein.u.washington.edu's message of 6 Oct 92 08:11:14 GMT