On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 12:26:06PM -0500, Kurt Lieber wrote: > On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 10:45:11AM -0500 or thereabouts, Caleb Tennis wrote: > > This is an awesome GLEP idea, and I'm glad it finally got put into written > > words. The one suggestion I have, which I am sure is up for a large amount > > of criticism, is that I think Gentoo should charge a fee for the use of this > > tree. This is, in my opinion, a premium service, and a I believe it should > > come with a premium price, even if it's as low as 5 dollars per quarter. > > I'll be interested to see what other folks say about that suggestion. I am > personally opposed to it, but not for the same reasons that I think a lot > of the other folks will be. > > I would hate to exclude certain key features of Gentoo Linux to those folks > who can't/won't pay for them. I feel a stable tree is a key feature and > charging for it would do more harm than good. >
I agree. I do not think that would be in the spirit of free software. Additionally it would alienate a lot of developers and users. -- Jon Portnoy avenj/irc.freenode.net -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
