Subj : Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again)
To   : comp.programming
From : Chris Sonnack
Date : Fri Aug 26 2005 06:50 pm

Rob Thorpe writes:

>> If, by chains, we mean that I can pay for software and expect the
>> company to stand behind it (maintain it, fix bugs, provide updates)
>> and be responsible for it, you're damn right!
> 
> If you have free software then you can pay a support company to do
> that, plus you have the freedom to change and alter the software.

Why not simply pay the folks who made it in the first place.

And I have very little desire, and less time, to modify the software
of others.  Most of the stuff I use took lots and lots of people-years
to make.  *I* don't have the time, interest or documentation to
dig into that.


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