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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 12:15:34 -0400 (CLT)
From: Robinson Maureira Castillo <rmaureira@alumno.inacap.cl>
To: Federico Ferreres <fferreres@ojf.com>
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Subject: Re: Funding GPL projects or funding the GPL?
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On 26 Jul 2002, Federico Ferreres wrote:
> 
> What do we need for this to happen?
> 
> To have the Linux Kernel, the Red Hat distro, mplayer, X and gcc (for 
> example, could be others as well) adopting the fGPL for the next
> releases. After that, we'll see most every GPLd program adopting the
> fGPL. After that, you'll start to see how much sense it made to pay $20
> a year. And even the ones that can't pay (if any) will be able to use
> the software (though 1 year old, but their hardware si severla years old
> for sure).
> 

So, if I have a cheap/buggy motherboard and its faulty behavior is fixed 
with a new kernel release last week, I don't have those $20... I have to wait 
a year for a fix? I don't think so...

Regards
-- 
Robinson Maureira Castillo
Asesor DAI
INACAP

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