tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930004102572847909.post1223689575539203899..comments2009-08-01T09:15:35.501-04:00Tuxxienoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930004102572847909.post-14632392254370152009-08-01T08:36:25.976-04:002009-08-01T08:36:25.976-04:00@Anonymous<br />Even if you don&#39;t pay any donations, developers in FOSS community will continue to develop and improve the products. So your idea &quot;Product X cannt be upgraded until $$$ are paid as a &#39;donation&#39; for the project to continue.&quot; is totally flawed. Had this been the case, then free software movement would not have come so far and would not have become so popular.nonamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277428012482049999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930004102572847909.post-74631505280283029202009-07-29T02:25:36.937-04:002009-07-29T02:25:36.937-04:00@Anonymous<br /><br />&gt;What next, &quot;product X cannt be upgraded until $$$ are &gt;paid as a &#39;donation&#39; for the project to continue.&quot;<br /><br />No, nobody is forcing anybody to do anything. This nice blog post is just a reminder that the people behind FOSS are people too. They need to eat, live, poo, pee, buy tissue paper, soap, etc.<br /><br />It&#39;s not begging, it&#39;s recognizing something for what it has done for you. It didn&#39;t say that the only way for you to get free software is only by contributing money.dannybuntuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969043652054854006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930004102572847909.post-1299149101402831232009-07-28T14:50:36.208-04:002009-07-28T14:50:36.208-04:00All well and good, if you want FOSS to become begware or charity ware. But is this not an admission that the FOSS model is fundamentally flawed ? if you have to ask for donations to pay your programmes. <br /><br />What next, &quot;product X cannt be upgraded until $$$ are paid as a &#39;donation&#39; for the project to continue.&quot;<br /><br />So is this extortionware in the making ? You dont get an improved product unless your willing to pay for it.<br /><br />In todays (real world) market, developers are required to create product that people are willing to pay for, less they be out of a job. This way they are forced to create quality and functionality that people want and will pay for.<br /><br />Domationware, is paying someone to do something, your not sure is good or bad (he has not done it yet) you have no idea of how good he is at his &quot;job&quot; and you dont know if your hard earned money is going towards yet another version of a desktop, or to meet someone zealot dreams of removing something they dont like, like Mono, or whatever. <br /><br />How do we know what your doing with our money, and why should we pay for a product that does not even exist yet. Let the programmer develop a product that is so good we&#39;ll pay for it, and let him make his money like the rest of the worlde. <br /><br />No Begware for me thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930004102572847909.post-69838657260332706072009-07-27T08:04:49.220-04:002009-07-27T08:04:49.220-04:00More information on how to contribute would help. I&#39;m a university student in a tech related program and could contribute, but, don&#39;t really know how I can, and when I have looked into it from time to time I have been left confused.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930004102572847909.post-8633009895013288012009-07-27T02:35:11.624-04:002009-07-27T02:35:11.624-04:00Great article.Omar S. Hafezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866234943075523845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930004102572847909.post-33223945164854099712009-07-27T00:44:30.210-04:002009-07-27T00:44:30.210-04:00I agree, well said, great article.Sandranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930004102572847909.post-70417572631982358532009-07-26T15:33:23.132-04:002009-07-26T15:33:23.132-04:00Well said.pcolonhttp://www.fsf.orgnoreply@blogger.com