Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Jason Clifford
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 00:00

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In article <6uipd0$oj8$1@winter.news.erols.com>, Chris Lee
<clee2@envirolink.org> writes
>>Freedom actually has a lot to do with price. For any product, whether
>>free or not, to have a viable long term future there has to be a way of
>>paying the developers so that they can afford to dedicate their efforts
>>into continuing developement and maintenance (and also to feed and
>>clothe themselves and their families!).
>
>This person sounds like he's involved in the Windows Share(Cripple)ware 
>Scam, er industry in some fashion and is pissed that he and his cohorts have 
>been pretty much been avoided/ignored in the linux world.

No, as a matter of fact I am involved exclusively in the Linux world.

I have never sold Windows or Shareware.

I AM PISSED OFF though with idiots who continue to insist that Linux and
Open Source/Free software should only be available for themselves to
play with.

Companies that provide commercial solutions which run on free software
are doing nothing wrong. They are not in breach of the GPL or any other
licence.

They support is one of the factors that will lead many more people to
use Linux and Open Source/Free software.

The simple truth here is that most people do NOT use a computer simply
to play with a nice OS. They use it as a tool to run their prefered
applications many of which are commercial.
-- 
Jason Clifford
Definite Linux Systems
http://definite.ukpost.com/

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From: Jason Clifford <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/09/26
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