On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 06:00:19PM -0700, Bryan Whitehead wrote: > If the cost was split between most linux distro's, as well as community > support... It souldn't be that much. Even if it was only split 5 ways > Mandrake would need only $10k. And that's chump change next to the > salary of one employee. > > I was just throwing it up as a "maybe this is an option". A lawsuit from > the owners of the mp3 licence is far worse than just paying the entire > $50k.... > > It plain sucks no matter how you look at it.
<sarcasm> Maybe NASA has some spare change floating around that they can donate to pay the licensing. </sarcasm> Seriously. Mandrake can't afford to do this. If you want proof look at rpmdrake. Rather than hire someone to maintain the existing C code. They rewrote it in Perl since nobody knows C well enough to maintain rpmdrake. I think that should be very telling of the situation. -- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ben.reser.org If your love has no hope of being welcomed do not voice it; for if it be silent it can endure, a guarded flame, within you. - The Wisdom of the Sands
