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On 5 Mar 2010, at 09:56, Alex Keda wrote:

> On 05.03.2010 12:45, Doug Rabson wrote:
>> On 5 Mar 2010, at 09:30, Alex Keda wrote:
>>=20
>>  =20
>>> On 05.03.2010 12:17, Robert Watson wrote:
>>>    =20
>>>> consumers like Isilon, NetApp, Juniper, and many others
>>>>      =20
>>> thus, it is not 'Free', this managed by 'consumers like Isilon, =
NetApp, Juniper, and many others'?
>>>    =20
>> It might be helpful to think of them as 'customers' who are using our =
'product' and paying for it by feeding back patches and employing =
FreeBSD developers. Normal business practice doesn't include =
intentionally making your customers' lives difficult - if you make a =
habit of it they tend to go elsewhere.
>>  =20
> It seems to me, business and freedom - are mutually exclusive things.
> or you can choose the path of development, or who pays - giver =
commands to community.
> no freedom there.

Someone always pays. If this project didn't have sponsors like Isilon, =
NetApp, Juniper, Yahoo, and many others it simply would not exist.