Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 27 Jul 2002 01:30:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 27 Jul 2002 01:30:54 -0400 Received: from leibniz.math.psu.edu ([146.186.130.2]:54263 "EHLO math.psu.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 27 Jul 2002 01:30:53 -0400 Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 01:34:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Alexander Viro To: Federico Ferreres cc: Gerhard Mack , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Funding GPL projects or funding the GPL? In-Reply-To: <1027746635.2155.30.camel@fede> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 938 Lines: 22 On 27 Jul 2002, Federico Ferreres wrote: > Yes, that's clear. It's great. You learn, then you contribute back. But > that doesn't allow you to pay your bills, does it? The thing is massive > amounts of people _don't_ code, never will, are willing to contribute > but don't do it, because they are not beign asked for support in the > right way. You need them to know they'll put $10 and get $100.000.000 > worth every year. Thank you for taking Economics 101. Your final score is F-. Don't let it discourage you from taking the test next year. Pay particular attention to the reasons why pyramid schemes are not sustainable. We wish you a nice summer and hope to see you next semester. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/