From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jan 17 11:08:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id LAA20084 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 11:08:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id LAA20077 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 11:08:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.4/8.6.9) with ESMTP id LAA11253; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 11:08:30 -0800 (PST) To: dennis cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Commerical applications (was: Development and validation tools...) In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 17 Jan 1997 13:43:43 EST." <3.0.32.19970117134332.00ace5b0@etinc.com> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 11:08:29 -0800 Message-ID: <11068.853528109@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > The problem with the current FreeBSD approach is that you get your noses all > bent out of shape if someone else makes money off of what you perceive to be > your work. Your short-sightedness in your failure to realize that the And where in the world did you get THAT idea? I don't mind people making money off of FreeBSD at all, and in fact I've always encouraged it. People who expect reams of free support for their commercial products can probably be reasonably told to take a flying jump since that's rather different, but those who quietly make money from FreeBSD and don't abuse their tech support privileges are certainly a welcome part of FreeBSD's user base. Jordan