Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Ian Collins <ian at ianshome.com> wrote: >> >>> John Sonnenschein wrote: >>> >>> > I don't want to be free labour for Sun. >>> But you are happy for Sun's employees to be free labour for you? >>> >> Sun's employees are paid, ergo not free. But either way, a paid >> developer doesn't have to buy in to the concept of open source at all, >> it's great if they do, but it's ultimately a non-issue so long as >> their employer continues >> > > Are you paying Sun's programmers? Are you *required* to pay Sun's > programmers? > > You complain about "working for Sun for free" yet the software that Sun > makes is available for free and so is the software you would produce > "for free". In fact, one good argue that by making Sun's software free, > Sun does not make money from software written for OpenSolaris or > which is otherwise contributed. I perhaps saves Sun money but it does not > make them money. > My point exactly, but better put!
Ian
