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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Allow money donations for precise bugs
From:       || svaksha || <svaksha () gmail ! com>
Date:       2005-03-13 13:49:24
Message-ID: 12470af0050313054947ca665d () mail ! gmail ! com
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Using money as the benchmark for getting a software feature
implemented is a flawed outlook but  hypothetically if that were true,
we would not have a product like Windows existing in the market in the
first place.  Secondly a lay user can always hire local coders to make
any changes if required, what is the point of commercializing it to
the organizational level ?

The free (as in beer) software concept has been a boon for many
undeveloped nations with respect to learning and sharing knowledge
with the masses. If this did not remain in the present form and were
to assume a commercial identity it would deny ordinary people a basic
right to have information many poor governments will be at the mercy
of rich corporate entities. The GPL prevents such crass
commercialisation and it must remain that way !
-- 
|| svaksha ||
registered linux user #382734
 
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