Living together BUT not married: RR/MC and Linux

[Dan Shafer]

Richard....

I know you know this, but just to keep the conversation clear, "open  
source" doesn't mean "free of charge." Not  on any level.

A lot of open source software is available for free. Some isn't  
(MySQL comes to mind immediately). But lots and lots of programmers  
make lots and lots of money *using* open source and *that's*  
generally the requirement governments are placing on these projects.  
IOW, they don't insist the software they buy be free of charge, just  
built on freely distributable bases.

Again, I know you know this, but I felt the urge to clarify. (Can't  
help it. I'm a writer first.)


On Nov 21, 2005, at 8:16 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> David Bovill wrote:
>
> > Linux support is not about how many desktops you can sell
> > applications to - it is about the quality of developers
> > you can  attract
>
> I could write apps for the Pope, but if he won't give me something  
> in return it'll be just as hard for me to pay my rent as writing  
> for slobs.
>
> Classism, in any form, doesn't determine viability.
>
> > and the ability to deliver intranet
>
> I've been shipping internanet and extranet apps for years, for  
> people who feel my time is worth giving something back for.
>
> > and government  contracts (at least here in Europe) which
> > specify support for open  platforms. It is also about being
> > able to leverage the huge amount of  "free" code that is
> > available on this platform and integrate it into  the project.
>
> Depends on the license requirements, doesn't it?  That is, even if  
> I inherit enough wealth to be able to afford the luxury of working  
> for free, at the end of the day the RunRev engine isn't open source  
> so it's not possible for me to deliver truly open materials which  
> rely on it.
>
> --
>  Richard Gaskin
>  Managing Editor, revJournal
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