On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:32:29 +0530, Siddhesh Poyarekar
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> On 10/29/07, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> In free software, what is in it for the authors? For a large
>> segment, getting the credit, and the recognition that follows, is
>> _it_. Eben Moglen commented on this to some extent in the recent
>> Theo/BSD/LKML scrap about credits for driver code.
> Yes, I understand that since I too would be pissed if someone doesn't
> give me credit for my work. But it's very strange that businesses are
> willing to give credit to projects like Linux, Eclipse, Firefox, OOo,
> etc. but always somehow keep GNU at an arms length.
> I guess one of the key factors is that GNU has mostly contributed to
> the base system (shell, tools, compiler, etc.), which can easily go
> unnoticed for these business users -- only geeks are in a position to
> acknowledge that. Other GNU software like Gnome and various related
> software (gtk, Evolution, Gimp, etc) have their unique branding and
> hence it doesn't matter whether businesses speak up for them. Even
> there though, GNU or FSF don't get so much as a mention.
> Eclipse, OOo, Firefox, etc on the other hand have corporate backing,
> so it's natural that businesses take every chance to bask in their
> glory.
Is this another argument in favour of Debian GNU/Linux? :)
manoj
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