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On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 4:36 AM, Daniel Campbell <zlg@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 12/17/2016 12:53 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>> On Sat, 17 Dec 2016 00:55:21 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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>>> |
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>>> Again, the average home user is being jerked around for |
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>>> a corporate agenda. |
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>> |
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>> Yes, it is disgusting that developers add the options desired by those |
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>> that pay their wages while completely ignoring the users that give them |
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>> nothing! It's almost like they are scratching their employer's itch while |
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>> ignoring yours. |
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> |
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> I get where you're coming from, but Walter's talking about a real |
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> concern when it comes to libre software and corporate involvement. The |
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> profit motive has the potential to devastate community-oriented |
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> operations, be they libre software, swimming pools, common areas, |
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> municipal Internet, or even housing efforts. That potential for damage |
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> should be baked into any community-based operation's decision-making |
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> process. |
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Greg KH has (IIRC) made the argument that it's the involvement of |
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corporations that has helped Linux grow exponentially, unlike the |
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BSDs. (IIRC, he attributed their involvement to the GPL, but that's a |
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different topic.) |
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