On Tuesday 17 July 2007 12:06, Alan Brown wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jul 2007, Dan Langille wrote: > > > People can use the software for free. It is just that we will stop > > building binaries. Others are free to build binaries. In that > > regard, nothing has changed. The software remains freely available > > for anyone to use. > > This is part of the problem I expected to start seeing.
It isn't always easy to write clearly. I think what Dan meant (and what I am trying to say) is that at some point (once the company can take over) Bacula project will stop providing binaries via Source Forge. The Bacula company rather than the project build them and hopefully more of them. However, the use of those binaries will have additional restrictions (less severe than those of Red Hat) that are not applied to the current binaries. > > Couple this with one or two people deliberately starting to spread > disinformation about policies and things can rapidly get out of hand. Well, I am counting on reasoned and informed people such as yourself to ensure that the correct story is also spread. Most users will understand what is disinformation and what is simply change. > > > All we're asking is for the companies that are saving thousands of > > dollars to consider donating a relatively small portion of these > > annual savings. > > History: When I ran a small email blacklist, I'd regularly get email from > $LARGE companies giving thanks for the service and telling how much hassle > it saved. One company gave figures of $11million/quarter - Noone ever > donated a cent towards the upkeep, even when it was suggested. > Yes, donations don't work with 99% of all companies. License fees and support fees do work. If they don't want to fit into our Open Software mold, then we must change to adapt to their needs and requirements, which is what I am trying to do, yet keeping the company separate from the control of the software ... whether or not that will work, I don't know, but I think it is worth a try. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
