Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 10:06:16 -0800 From: Robert Clark <res03db2@gte.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Robert Clark <res03db2@gte.net>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, Trent Waddington <s337240@student.uq.edu.au>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again Message-ID: <20010306100616.B45802@darkstar.gte.net> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010306011539.045faaa0@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 01:17:06AM -0700 References: <20010304130501.A32152@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010303132348.04461420@localhost> <Pine.OSF.4.30.0103040637000.3518-100000@student.uq.edu.au> <20010304130501.A32152@lpt.ens.fr> <20010305124910.A44291@darkstar.gte.net> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306011539.045faaa0@localhost>
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On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 01:17:06AM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > At 01:49 PM 3/5/2001, Robert Clark wrote: > > >I just recently heard a statement that helped me understand > >why the Grateful Dead allowed taping at their concerts. > > > >The statement went something like "At the end of the day, > >after the performance was over, Jerry went home from work > >like anyone else." > > > >Apparently, the band made a living "performing" their work. > > This was only one of their many revenue streams. They enjoyed > large royalties from T-shirts, posters, and other regalia, as > well as from their published albums. While their concerts were > profitable, Bill Graham and other promoters made most of the money. > > --Brett > And there is a message in there somewhere. Is Mr Stallman a promoter? In that analogy, would Linus be like Jerry? I don't begrudge RedHat or Walnut Creek their living. But their promotion isn't what I'm interested in. Someone who is financially responsible needs to setup as a nonprofit micropayment broker. In the same way that I can toss money into a street performers hat, it would be nice to be able to be able to contribute small amounts of money to small projects. As long as there is no alternative to the "feast or famine" ways of doing business, its going to a black and white world. Commercial companies grabbing everything they can, and open source refugees moving from inspiration to inspiration. (Dodging lawsuits all the while.) [RC] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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