On Monday 19 July 2010 12:12:54 you wrote: > Maybe they always overlap somehow, software needs support. Really good > and complex software need more support than one person can do just > with his free time. I am not sure from where this support could come > from. I keep thinking that industry groups would be wise to support the development of Free software for their industries. For instance: Locksmiths http://www.aloa.org/ http://www.uklocksmithsassociation.co.uk/ http://www.masterlocksmiths.com.au/home.aspx Barbers, Beauty Salons, Furniture Stores, Ocean Engineers, Corner Grocery Stores, what have you. all the best, drew > From universities, donations, companies, governments? The Linux > kernel, for example, is very complex and needs a lot of work all the > time since new hardware and software need it , and it is well > supported by really big companies like google, novell and red har. > Other areas this is not so easy to get support from companies, so I > now just can think of the other options: donations from people that > make money or work seriouly with the software, universities and > government programmes. The last one seems unlikely to happen but here > in Brazil the present government is officially supporting Linux and > some software projects. Donations from professionals and Universities > can help Free Software a lot too. > > > 2010/7/19 drew Roberts <zotz@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > On Sunday 18 July 2010 11:36:42 you wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:04 AM, drew Roberts <zotz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Commercial and Free are not opposites. > > > > > > no, just siblings who fight with each other like crazy for 18 years > > > before developing a deep and abiding love for each other :) > > > > Free and Commercial can intersect / overlap. Venn wise. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
