On Sat, Jul 04, 2015 at 07:40:28PM +0200, Jan Gloser wrote:
> So from my perspective - feel free to use non-free software, but remember
> to pay for it, at least if the price is reasonable ;-).
What to do with non-free software that doesn't require payment?
It's the matter the original message was
Hi Jan Gloser and debian-devel,
First I'd like to repeat a point on my view:
* Free Software != Software can be legally used without charge
Besides, some Free Software Licenses don't prevent people from
selling them for profit, and so does Debian GNU/linux itself.
The key of freesoftware is n
Excerpts from Joachim Breitner's message of 2015-07-04 13:45:40 -0700:
> Hi,
>
> Am Samstag, den 04.07.2015, 17:16 +0200 schrieb Sophie Brun:
> > Le 03/07/2015 21:46, Guillem Jover a écrit :
> > > drive is an extremely generic name in tech, please use something
> > > else
> > > when packaging thi
> In the same way, I'm pretty sure is perfectly possible to make money
> developing free software. You just don't charge for selling copies or
> licenses, but instead you charge for developing new custom features or
> offering support and consultancy around the software.
True, but you would make m
On 04/07/15 19:40, Jan Gloser wrote:
> computers people somehow started to think that everything in this domain
> should be free. Well, I don't really think so. If you go to the market and
> want to get some apples, it's only fair that you pay for the apples. It's
> your way to say to the apple-sel
Hi,
Am Samstag, den 04.07.2015, 17:16 +0200 schrieb Sophie Brun:
> Le 03/07/2015 21:46, Guillem Jover a écrit :
> > drive is an extremely generic name in tech, please use something
> > else
> > when packaging this, both for the source/binary packages and the
> > executables and other related file
Michael Ole Olsen has written:
>Keep the profit at work, but I certainly wouldn't charge in my sparetime
>If you code on something you are hired to do, then its fine you charge,
because you can't say what you want to code on, your employeer >decides so
I partly agree but what would you do if you w
On Sat, Jul 04, 2015 at 07:48:26PM +0200, Michael Ole Olsen wrote:
> non-free, only the developer wins, and those that have enough money to buy
>
> free software lets poor countries use pcs.
You are making a grave mistake here (and below). Should I point it to you?
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>I'm afraid you are terribly wrong with that comparison. You sound like an
US citizen that, by historical means, brings everything that >does not
completely value capitalism close to communism. Really strange for the rest
of the world.
Maybe I am wrong with the comparison, maybe not. But I am not
Am 4. Juli 2015 19:40:28 MESZ, schrieb Jan Gloser :
>This is a very nice philosophy. It has a history though. It also has a
>name. Communism. And history has shown us that communism on a large
>scale does not work.
I'm afraid you are terribly wrong with that comparison. You sound like an US
cit
Non-free software sets back the whole community.
It is non-free, nobody can develop on it, the author wants the rights for
himself (greed).
free software lets all code and share and create, everybody wins.
non-free, only the developer wins, and those that have enough money to buy
free softwa
Hello Lumin,
I am not an active member of the debian community, just a listener on this
thread, but you got my attention. I also admire free software makers
although I think one must always keep in mind the reality of the world and
the rules of the game called 'trade'.
Software is a product like
On Sat, Jul 04, 2015 at 04:55:58PM +, lumin wrote:
> I have no trouble on making my personal choises, what I want to know
> is, what would you do to protect your software freedom, when the
> reality requires you to touch non-free blobs?
... such as firmwares in various microcontrollers in your
Hello Debian community,
I long for becoming a Debian member, always. However now I get into
trouble with the problem of "Spirit of Free software or Reality".
I wonder how Debian interprets it's "Spirit of Free Software".
(Certainly Social Contract and DFSG don't refer much detail)
As we know, get
Hi,
thanks for your comments !
Le 03/07/2015 21:46, Guillem Jover a écrit :
drive is an extremely generic name in tech, please use something else
when packaging this, both for the source/binary packages and the
executables and other related files. Prefixing it with «google-» could
be an option,
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