Wow that wording is a bit mean! That's got to have done some harm. Elementary is quite a nice creation, though I haven't used it in a while, but what makes it any different to the rest?
Kindest Regards, Kris Douglas On 11 Feb 2015 07:28, "Anthony Harrington" <untaintablean...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > Ordinarily i'd keep this e-mail line on translation or more > festive/helpful business ( ;) ), but i thought i should mention this topic > incase it hasn't come up yet. (I'd especially like some feedback to the > group from anyone over on the elementaryOS side). Hoping to provoke some > discussion. > > Have you seen this? > http://blog.elementaryos.org/post/110645528530/payments > > Specifically: > > *We want users to understand that they’re pretty much cheating the system > when they choose not to pay for software. We didn’t exclude a $0 button to > deceive you; we believe our software really is worth something. And it’s > not like we’re making money to buy yachts; currently the only people who > have received money for working on elementary OS have been community > members through **our bounty program > <https://www.bountysource.com/teams/elementary>* > > > *. *Elementary is still *allowing *you to manually type in "$0" for your > contribution, but they are taking a disturbing stance in this. I don't > think they should be telling users they're 'cheating the system' by > acquiring OSS freely when it was always free in the past. Noone need be > made to feel guilty over it. And arguing "we're charging now because we > think it's worth something" doesn't stand up either - as well we know in > the linux world, quality is not necessarily dependent on pricetag but more > by dedication and hours gone into it. > They should have said "right, we're going to start charging $x from now > on, sorry" and left it at that, not gone half-way and told the userbase > they were *cheating the system*. The sourcecode's still free up on github. > > > Anthony > > -- > Launchpad translator and linux chemist > ^_^https://launchpad.net/~untaintableangel > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >
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