I believe Mark posted in good spirit, and wasn't trying to do this, but this thread is a borderline troll for flame responses from Open Source proponents. You're really missing the point and spirit of Open Source development, and I hope some of the responses have done something to clear that up.
Some key points: Contributing to an Open Source project is not mandatory. People that contribute to Open Source projects usually are motivated by things other than money. Code is GPLed, which means it is not owned by Slimdevices, and can be distributed at will. Significant contributors to Slimdevices code receive things like free squeezeboxen in the mail. I've got an SB3 in my living room to prove it. Also, last time I checked, Slimserver is FREE, and it can be used without paying a dime for a squeezebox (or, metaphorically, a dollar for a transporter). Also consider that Slimdevices has been contributing portions of their profits on Squeezeboxen to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The http://www.eff.org fer cripes sakes! This is not a company that you can fault for greed. It's just unfounded criticism. #!/ben -- bklaas "the Nokia770 skin guy" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28873 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
