Peter Routtier-Wone wrote:
>
> > Also, I thought the currency of the Open Source movement wasn't money,
>
> The currency of open source is not ONLY cash.
>
> > but rather contributions. Your talk of paying $25,000 is total shite.
>
> At the risk of launching into a lecture on fiscal theory, "money" is an
> abstract promise backed by confidence. A dollar bill is a notarised
> certificate of promise redeemable anywhere within the bounds of the issuing
> authority. It is a guaranteed promise of contribution on behalf of an
> abstract third party.
>
> The crucial difference between this kind of promise and any other kind of
> promise is that once the cash has been handed over, the promise cannot be
> repudiated. In God we trust. Everybody else pays cash. In the open source
> game, code is hard cash, but cash is also hard cash.
>
> This in no way conflicts with the notion that contribution is the currency
> of open source.
>
> Richard Stallman is a gallant fool.
I don't believe he minds when people contribute money to the FSF. This
is the same whether you are in the Open Source camp or the Free camp.
Free speech, not Free beer.
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