Re: Funding GPL projects or funding the GPL?

From: Pavel Machek (pavel@ucw.cz)
Date: Fri Aug 02 2002 - 02:55:25 EST

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Hi!

> I have already donated $30 last year (but to the EFF as I think freedom
> is also important). But how many individuals donate though? I'd say 99%
> of the people just free ride. That means resources are very scarce and

There's no such thing as a free ride. Programs are buggy, all of them,
and each "free rider" helps testing. Programs are not
feature-complete, and each "free rider" is pretty likely to add
feature they need. This means no more money once all bugs are killed
and once all features are done, but thats okay.
Pavel

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