On Tue, 21 Feb 2006, David Kastrup wrote: > > Yes. If you don't want to pay anything for software your only choice > > is to get some morally clean free sofware with no other > > documentation than the source code. This works well if you are a > > programmer and have enough spare time to find out how the source > > code works. > > Who is talking about not paying? In practice using "free" software also means that you are using it "for free"? I apologize if this was not the case with you. If you have really paid seomething to the authors of the "free" software packages you are using then I would say your moral is exceptionally high.
Some of my (sound/oss) code has been in the kernel under GPL since mid 90's. During all the (10+) years only one person has offered to donate $10. Based on that experience the above "free" vs "for free" statement is correct. Best regards, Hannu ----- Hannu Savolainen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.opensound.com (Open Sound System (OSS)) http://www.compusonic.fi (Finnish OSS pages) OH2GLH QTH: Karkkila, Finland LOC: KP20CM
