Re: Funding GPL projects or funding the GPL?
Robinson Maureira Castillo (rmaureira@alumno.inacap.cl)
Fri, 26 Jul 2002 12:15:34 -0400 (CLT)
On 26 Jul 2002, Federico Ferreres wrote:
>
> What do we need for this to happen?
>
> To have the Linux Kernel, the Red Hat distro, mplayer, X and gcc (for
> example, could be others as well) adopting the fGPL for the next
> releases. After that, we'll see most every GPLd program adopting the
> fGPL. After that, you'll start to see how much sense it made to pay $20
> a year. And even the ones that can't pay (if any) will be able to use
> the software (though 1 year old, but their hardware si severla years old
> for sure).
>
So, if I have a cheap/buggy motherboard and its faulty behavior is fixed
with a new kernel release last week, I don't have those $20... I have to wait
a year for a fix? I don't think so...
Regards
--
Robinson Maureira Castillo
Asesor DAI
INACAP
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