Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 7 Jan 2003 00:58:17 +0100 | From | Matthias Andree <> | Subject | Re: Why is Nvidia given GPL'd code to use in non-freedrivers? |
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On Sun, 05 Jan 2003, Richard Stallman wrote:
> Developing programs does not "cost money"--that is just one way to do > it. But sometimes a person is in a position where he can develop a > certain program only if he makes it non-free to raise money. If you > are in such a position, unless you are going to make the program free > software soon after, then the best thing you can do is not develop it > at all. Someone else will develop a free program to do the job. > Freedom is worth the wait.
Oh, but my backup can't just wait because the hard disk is likely to die before someone comes up with a free software that does better than Tivoli although this is sorta fragile on the systems I maintain. Are you going to sponsor for RAID-1 for the meanwhile, until the wait pays off?
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