Re: street music funding and http e-money

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From: Phil Hunt
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:00

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In article <F0oCx2.756@a2e.de> phm@a2e.de "PILCH Hartmut" writes:
> Why should you pay for street music that you don't like?  Of course you
> shouldn't.  But if you go to let's say the GNU site and they have set
> a http server parameter that collects a cent per page hit.  Your browser
> would notify you of this and you would consent because you know the music
> is good.  

Or, you could have a server that invites you to donate a small amount,
say $1, by clicking on a button.
 
> I don't understand your solution at all.  The Market clearly decides that
> it wants closed monopolistic software and doesn't give a damn about source
> code.

If by "the market" you mean people who run web servers, this is wrong.
Most web servers run Apache.

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From: philh@vision25.demon.co.uk (Phil Hunt)
Subject: Re: street music funding and http e-money
Date: 1998/10/12
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