Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Holger P. Krekel) | Subject | Re: Money (was Re: test version of 2.1.0 available (fwd)) | Date | 27 Sep 1996 12:43:09 +0200 |
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Free Software versus money making !?
Maybe the people who are interested in paying money should ask Linus if he wants it. As far as I can imagine he wouldn't want it.
And this is quite consequent. As far as I know the idea of free software is something different. I can understand that people want to express their gratitude. I do, too. So I have decided to contribute as much to the project as I can. e.g. I am constantly trying to convince people that Linux is just better for many purposes, I help them installing, I test the new versions of the kernel etc. And I want to take part in the development some day, when I learned more about the kernel.
So please consider the basic idea of free software. The Linux project together with the gnu project etc. is something very great. It gives me a feeling that not everything is to be based on making money with exploiting people. So it's the contraposition to Microsoft and many many other companies.
Just my 0.002 $ :-)
Holger
-- Holger Krekel hpk@prim.han.de -- Holger Krekel hpk@prim.han.de
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