Re: [Security Firewall] firewall

Amaury Amblard-Ladurantie wrote:
>>I know i'm coming in late and without context to this discussion, but
>>this seems a very strange sentiment to me.  When you work on free
>>software, you need to /expect others to make money out of your work/.
>>...
>>If Mandriva has a problem with this, they need to get out of the free
>>software industry.
> 
> 
> Mandriva develops free software (MNF frontend & backend, drakx and so on).
> However, as Mandriva pays people to develop free software, they need to make 
> money, or they won't be able to pay these developers, and no more free 
> software will be produced by Mandriva, and everyone loses.

We've heard all the arguments about paying for free software.  That's
not the point at issue.  What i'm saying is that when you work on free
software, you must expect people to take your work and make money out of
it themselves.

At the moment, i'm spending 2 hours per day average getting up to speed
with leading Shorewall since Tom stepped down, not to mention the 10 or
more hours i spent on it over the last weekend.  Do you think that i
should resent the fact that Mandriva make money out of Shorewall?  I
don't, because it's *free software* - /anyone/ can make money out of it
if they want to.  If you're making money out of it, you have to pass on
that freedom to others as well.

P.S.  Please don't CC: me on list messages.

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