On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 10:41:40AM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Traditionally no one is paid to do Free software work.
>
> This of course, is simply (and obviously) not true.
>
Hi Miles,
I guess I agree that this statement is false. There are more than a few
differnt types of people who work on Free software.
Free software for-profit businesses
Ximian, Gnome, Ubuntu, Linutop, Suse, Redhat
Free software not-for-profit projects
Skoelinux, OSDL ?
Free software volunteer projects
Debian, OpenSuse, FedoraAnd people can be paid to work on any of these projects and people can choose to volunteer to work on these as well. But what percentage of contributions to Debian are from volunteers vs people being paid? I think my statement was meant to say that most contributions to Debian are by people who are not getting paid. Would that be closer to a fact? Cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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