-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 True. However another thing that should possibly be considered is still commercialize it, however include the source code provided you pay for it. And then Freedombox could start a developer community, where bugs/patches could be submitted. The only problem I can see with this approach is that there is a chance that someone might release changes that they made under the GPL. On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 04:28:51PM -0400, Doug Sutherland wrote: > > this wonderful addition happens to be...proprietary. > > Presumaby Matt works for said company. If the software was not > proprietary, then how would Matt make a living? If all of the > world's software were free, there would be a whole lot of > unemployed programmers. I think you are going a bit too far > with your ideas on ethics. Software developers should be able > to earn money for their work. Would plumbers work for free > because of an ethical need for people to have water? > > -- Doug > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with your Microsoft product. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAjB/dNohoaf1zXJMRApKxAKCgCvI2pD3sKkQUgzbW/LNSCAnfpgCgjI6F +nuqyloTe868y7RaOKG+Zbk= =/Rxk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
