On Sat, 12 Feb 2022 14:09:29 +0100 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jo, 10 feb 22, 20:05:32, Celejar wrote: > > On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:47:18 +0100 > > <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 03:05:26PM +0100, Dozzyjean Dozie wrote: > > > > Please I will be very much interested to get a live CD from you, please > > > > what are the prerequisites that are needed to be archived this request > > > > free > > > > cd for free from you. > > > > > > See here: > > > > > > https://www.debian.org/CD/free-linux-cd > > > > > > Since burning a CD and putting into the mail costs money, you can't > > > expect someone doing it for you. In the above page it is explained > > > > I'm genuinely curious about this: time and money are both scarce and > > precious resources. Why is there an assumption that people will gladly > > donate of their time to help others, but not their money? Is it because > > the assumption is that the person asking for help should just spend > > his own money, but may not be able to solve his problem by spending his > > own time? > > Assuming I might have a decent internet connection, a disc burner and > spare blank media I might consider helping out. > > However, this particular request feels too much like someone just > wanting to take advantage of some freebie ("hey, I heard you give out > stuff for free so I want some"), as opposed to someone in real need > (hey, internet here is slow and/or metered, media burners are nowhere to > be found, etc., could someone help out?"). Totally understandable. Just to be clear, I did not mean to criticize or accuse anyone of irrationality or hypocrisy - I was just curious about the mindsets of open source devotees. Celejar
