Just my $0.02: I do agree that all software should be "free software." However, "free software" is NOT to be confused with "freeware." I strongly believe that people should be able to put food on their families' tables. And if this means charging reasonable prices for GPL software, then I'm all for it and would pay for it in a heartbeat. If I developed free software, I might even charga a reasonable price for it. My thinking is that, (especialy if it's something really big), I know it's going to appear on the net sooner or later, but I also know that especially those people who are on a dial-up or slow broadband connection would much rather buy the latest and greatest 5+CD set of graphics design or development tools than take their chances and days downloading these CD's and find that they were badly corrupted somewhere between the person who was offering them and their ISP and themselves.
Yes, in short, I do feel that not just Linux software, but ALL software should be free. I don't, however feel that that means we shouldn't have to pay for it if it's of good quality. I'm sure that even Linux, as good as it is, could benefit from more people donating/paying money to the many companies/individuals who develope, maintain and in other ways contribute to its success and/or popularity. Lorenzo Prince happy Shrike user ;) -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
