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On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 12:26:06PM -0500, Kurt Lieber wrote: |
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> On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 10:45:11AM -0500 or thereabouts, Caleb Tennis wrote: |
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> > This is an awesome GLEP idea, and I'm glad it finally got put into written |
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> > words. The one suggestion I have, which I am sure is up for a large amount |
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> > of criticism, is that I think Gentoo should charge a fee for the use of this |
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> > tree. This is, in my opinion, a premium service, and a I believe it should |
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> > come with a premium price, even if it's as low as 5 dollars per quarter. |
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> I'll be interested to see what other folks say about that suggestion. I am |
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> personally opposed to it, but not for the same reasons that I think a lot |
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> of the other folks will be. |
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> I would hate to exclude certain key features of Gentoo Linux to those folks |
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> who can't/won't pay for them. I feel a stable tree is a key feature and |
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> charging for it would do more harm than good. |
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I agree. I do not think that would be in the spirit of free software. |
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Additionally it would alienate a lot of developers and users. |
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Jon Portnoy |
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