On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Ramnarayan.K <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi > > Am linking two articles here > > The first > What should we do with Free Software users who don't contribute to it > in any way? > http://stop.zona-m.net/node/58 > > i think its an interesting insight into how some people may view open > source or open source developers / enthusiasts. > > How the author seems to have missed one critical argument. The best > value a user (any user) can contribute back to an open source software > is "actually" using it. Any software that does not get used is > deadware. > > ram > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > Free Software does not force you to contribute, in any sense. Just using the Free Software is a huge contribution. What was the initiating point for Free Software development? Help, Humanity, Open Sharing, no restrictions and cost bridges. So do not ask a person to either use and contribute, else drop using it; The author seems really mad over his/her own-dig reasons, and tried to connect things well for the article presentations. I am against it. -- -=Ravi=-
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