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Article #1761Re: KDE v. Gnome
From: Code Monkey UK
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 00:00
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Dave Blake wrote: >Code Monkey UK wrote: >>Thats abusrd. Do you plan to turn programmers into a slave race for >>the rest of the word? Because that what your implying by saying that >>programmers shouldnt charge for there work, or have a say in what >>happens to their creations?!?! > >Who said any of that ? <ahem> Actually, nobody did. I misunderstood something Thandor had said, and I've appologised to him/her via email. :( > >There are many paid programmers who do GPL work. > Paid programmers who do GPL work, or programmers who are payed to do GPL work? There is a big difference. I would appreciate an example how how you can make a living (enough money to provide food, home, clothing and some entertainment) from GPL work, because obviosly it is idealogicly better, I just can't see how it can be done! (I have only just saved enough money to buy my own second hand PC after working for a comercial games co for 4 years.) >And it seems to me that the person who creates a >GPL project has ultimate control over that project by >maintaining an 'official' distribution. The programmer >both gets paid and has control. > A nice way to retain control, but I don't see how anyone could make any money off it. >That is, of course, just one working model for making >software. > Its not a working model until you've explained where the money comes from! Thad
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1103af,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid1103af,public X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: f4bda,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bda,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public From: codemonkey_uk@hotmail.com (Code Monkey UK) Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome Date: 1998/09/28 Message-ID: <360fb4c0.25402167@news.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 395670389 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: no-dns-yet.demon.co.uk:195.173.11.15 References: <6snt2s$rnk$1@news-2.news.gte.net> <6tv4h8$24u$7@blue.hex.net> <6tvcur$ken$6@news-2.news.gte.net> <slrn706f8l.qlf.jedi@dementia.mishnet> <slrn708sck.3oh.aa126@fan1.fan.nb.ca> <slrn70amsk.6c3.jedi@dementia.mishnet> <slrn70b6md.33f.aa126@fan1.fan.nb.ca> <slrn70c61l.8uq.jedi@dementia.mishnet> <slrn70dq8b.b87.aa126@fan1.fan.nb.ca> <rzGN1.4173$F7.15421868@news.itd.umich.edu> <qj78u6.mf.ln@wog.interlog.com> <p5sohihlrc.fsf@baynetworks.com> <Pine.SOL.3.91.980923105630.13773B-100000@howard> <slrn70ic1k.97.homer_j_simpson@donut.dhis.org> <6uc2pk$jh1$5@blue.hex.net> <873e9hret2.fsf@ivm.de> <6ufkfu$o96$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <slrn70nfj4.5nt.homer_j_simpson@donut.dhis.org> <360f65ef.5222021@news.demon.co.uk> <slrn70va1n.dm2.dblake@dylan.ucsf.edu> X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 906999570 nnrp-04:13708 NO-IDENT no-dns-yet.demon.co.uk:195.173.11.15 Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net