On Wed, Dec 28, 2011, Dotan Cohen wrote about "Re: Free Software on Android": > > I looked for a Wikipedia browsing app, and found a nice > > one, but with ads, and of course not open source. What the ****?? > > Thousands of people spent millions of hours writing this encyclopedia > > without > > making a penny, and this schmoe thinks he should make money by showing ads > > on their efforts? > > > > The thousands of Wikipedia contributors all publish their work under a > license which allows commercial redistribution. I don't see why you > are angry, the Wikipedia contributors are not (I am one of them).
I am angry for the Wikipedia contributors (I'm also one of them...) not because they are swindled out of their money but for a more subtle reason: they developed wikipedia wishing that people enjoy it. By adding ads to it, the ingenous app developer made it *less* enjoyable, while at the same time getting money for this negative "work". It's not illegal, but it's definitely not something I'd want to encourage... > I am considering plucking down a few hundred shekels on a text editor: > http://www.sublimetext.com/ You're serious? :-) Next thing you'll tell me you want to buy a $1000 HDMI cable :-) http://www.bestbuy.com/site/AudioQuest+-+Diamond+3.3%27+High-Speed+HDMI+Cable+-+Dark+Gray/Black/2383276.p;jsessionid=310CCC6FDFA4F4B48027114FF363F3FC.bbolsp-app04-32?id=1218324437192&skuId=2383276#BVRRWidgetID -- Nadav Har'El | Wednesday, Dec 28 2011, n...@math.technion.ac.il |----------------------------------------- Phone +972-523-790466, ICQ 13349191 |If God is watching us, the least we can http://nadav.harel.org.il |do is be entertaining. _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
