On Wednesday 17 December 2008 12:55:37 pm Dr. Diesel wrote: > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Stealth <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Wednesday 17 December 2008 12:20:32 pm Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Stealth wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 17 December 2008 09:51:16 am Jørgen Schnedler > > > > wrote: > > > > > How to I get USB working in my virtualbox ???????? > > > > > > > > > > I am using opensolaris! And Virtualbox on top! > > > > > > > > Just a big reminder. > > > > > > > > Anyone using software *free gratis* has no right to > > > > complain or demand. > > > > > > i would take some exception with that position. > > > > Take any exception you want. The fact remains; Money talks... > > Bullsh!t walks. > > > > > > -- > > Stealth > > This comment is so wrong I want to puke. You apparently don't > have any understanding of the OSS business model.
Your idea of the business world is a little out of wack. Just because it is open source does not mean it has to be free. You should read the section in the GPL that says you can give it away or you can charge for it. A class of software that provides the source code or software "recipe", and allows the user to modify and copy the software freely. Open Source software is usually free or has a small fee if it is on CD. You can always compile it from source code for free. Some open source software has multiple licenses, including commercial licenses, like the MySQL database. There are many different software licenses classified as open source, including the GPL license, BSD license, Perl artistic license and many more. Open source is not the same as "Freeware", which is generally proprietary and does not allow access to the source code. Open source software is high quality software and has been developed for about 40 years by individuals, educational institutions, corporations and governments. Some of the most powerfull and secure operating systems in the world are Open Source. http://www.opensource.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software www.oss.net -- Stealth _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
