Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 03:51:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 03:51:56 -0400 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:18695 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 03:51:56 -0400 Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 09:55:25 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Federico Ferreres Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Funding GPL projects or funding the GPL? Message-ID: <20020802075525.GA9868@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> References: <1027728207.1539.50.camel@fede> <20020730222018.GA17860@elf.ucw.cz> <1028262585.391.115.camel@fede> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1028262585.391.115.camel@fede> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 918 Lines: 20 Hi! > I have already donated $30 last year (but to the EFF as I think freedom > is also important). But how many individuals donate though? I'd say 99% > of the people just free ride. That means resources are very scarce and There's no such thing as a free ride. Programs are buggy, all of them, and each "free rider" helps testing. Programs are not feature-complete, and each "free rider" is pretty likely to add feature they need. This means no more money once all bugs are killed and once all features are done, but thats okay. Pavel -- Casualities in World Trade Center: ~3k dead inside the building, cryptography in U.S.A. and free speech in Czech Republic. - 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/